Lead ML Engineer, Fleet Monitoring & Response

Waymo; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 213,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Equity incentive plan

Benefits program

Job summary

Waymo, an autonomous driving technology leader based in Mountain View, CA, is hiring a Senior ML Engineer to design and optimize its real-time Fleet Monitoring and event response systems. You will develop scalable ML infrastructure, deploy anomaly detection models, and collaborate with product data scientists to productionize experimental algorithms.

The role requires 6+ years in backend and ML engineering, with strong Java/C++ and Python skills, and hands-on experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch,

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience programming in backend coding languages such as Java or C++.
• Experience in building backend platforms supporting multiple product use-cases/services.
• Prior Machine Learning Engineering experience in Python using mature ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch or Keras.

Responsibilities

• Design, scale, and optimize Waymo's real-time Fleet Monitoring and event response engine to support expansion to global operating locations.
• Develop and deploy spatial-temporal anomaly detection models (e.g., S2-cell statistical regressions) and leverage Multimodal Foundation Models to detect, triage, and automatically respond to off-nominal operations.
• Build and standardize the ML infrastructure for fleet monitoring models, including automated training/inference pipelines, low-latency spatial data stores, and continuous model drift monitoring.
• Partner with Product Data Scientists to productionize, evaluate, and scale experimental models, translating notebooks and prototype algorithms into production-grade systems.

Skills

Backend development

ML engineering

Production systems

Data pipelines

Low-latency systems

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Java

C++

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Keras

Job description

Waymo, an autonomous driving technology leader based in Mountain View, CA, is hiring a Senior ML Engineer to design and optimize its real-time Fleet Monitoring and event response systems. You will develop scalable ML infrastructure, deploy anomaly detection models, and collaborate with product data scientists to productionize experimental algorithms.

The role requires 6+ years in backend and ML engineering, with strong Java/C++ and Python skills, and hands-on experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch,