Job Description
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world’s most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.
You will:
- Lead and manage a team of Waymo engineers responsible for Waymo software development projects. Duties include:
- develop and manage the infrastructure for logging collection and data ingestion at Waymo;
- onboard logging collection infrastructure, which involves working with data formats, APIs, and libraries;
- design and implement data ingestion pipelines, including uploader modules over LTE/WiFi/wired connections, temporary storage, and post-upload data processing infrastructure;
- create and manage offboard components that facilitate onboard data collection and ingestion, such as quotas, sampling, and prioritized upload requests;
- develop strategies and infrastructure that maximize the value of the limited data collected, considering multiple requirements, physical and budgetary constraints, safety, and regulatory requirements;
- apply novel statistical sampling methods and machine learning;
- work towards achieving operational readiness to scale the number of miles driven by orders of magnitude, focusing on reliability improvements and eliminating overheads that scale linearly with miles;
- lead and manage a team of engineers responsible for developing Waymo’s Logs & Data Acquisition infrastructure;
- ensure alignment with strategy, provide mentorship, and offer career growth opportunities for more junior team members;
- collaborate with partners and stakeholders across Waymo, including teams from Simulation, Planner, Perception, Analysis, Release Eval, Onboard Infra, Mapping, Ops, Hardware, Depot Infra, Legal, and Product to build joint strategies and roadmaps;
- work to understand and improve the behavior of production systems, including instrumentation, bug fixes, provisioning, and reliability improvements; enhance automation, code health, and technical debt while simplifying the system; and
- design and build new infrastructure features and provide support for partners and clients.
You have:
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or a related field and 24 months of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
- Position requires 24 months of experience in the following:
- distributed systems;
- C++;
- Data Engineering;
- Program management for technology based products;
- Object oriented analysis and design;
- advanced algorithms, multi-threading, data mining, APIs, and MapReduce; and
- Flume.
The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.
Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
Salary Range
$295,000 - $310,000 USD
Position reports to the Waymo Mountain View, CA office & may allow for a hybrid schedule as per Waymo policy.
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