Senior Software Engineer, ML/Eval Data Platforms & Infrastructure

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

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus program

Equity incentive plan

Generous company benefits

Job summary

Waymo is seeking experienced software engineers or data scientists for the Planner Evaluation team. This hybrid role focuses on improving software quality for autonomous driving and requires expertise in data pipelines and analysis.

Candidates should have a Master's or PhD in a related field, proficient in C++ or Python, and possess strong communication skills. The position offers a competitive salary range of $213,000 to $263,000 with additional bonuses and benefits.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with distributed systems handling data at scale.
• Strong technical communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and productionize data pipelines for ML and evaluation datasets.
• Design tools for data mining and analysis.
• Architect and maintain data platforms to process driving logs and simulation data.
• Translate ambiguous requirements into high-impact deliverables.
• Collaborate with Data Science and Quantitative Analytics teams.

Skills

C++

Python

Data mining

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

SQL

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 more than 15 U.S. states.

The Planner Evaluation team works on one of the key challenges in autonomous driving: measuring and improving the quality of the software that drives the car. We are looking for experienced data‑minded software engineers and data scientists to help us improve how we characterize and evaluate changes to the onboard software stack (Planner, Perception, etc). If you are passionate about autonomous vehicles and how to use rich, complex data to drive decision making, this is the role for you!

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to an Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities

• Develop and productionize data pipelines to generate high-quality ML and evaluation datasets, streamlining curation, sampling, and slicing for training and testing the Waymo Driver software.
• Design and implement robust tools and infrastructure for data mining, exploration, and analysis to extract insights from large-scale datasets and drive data‑driven decisions.
• Architect, build, and maintain large-scale data platforms to process Waymo driving logs and simulation data, ensuring dataset generation is fresh, accurate, and complete.
• Own and execute complex projects, successfully translating ambiguous requirements into high-impact deliverables.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Data Science and Quantitative Analytics teams to identify their data needs and engineer infrastructure solutions.

Requirements

• Education: Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience: 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Distributed Systems: Hands‑on experience with systems that ingest, store, transform, and output data at scale.
• Programming Languages: Proficiency in C++ or Python within a production environment.
• Communication: Strong technical communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with A/B experiment infrastructure.
• Exposure to ad‑hoc data analysis utilizing SQL.
• Prior experience working within the autonomous vehicle (AV) industry.

Salary and Benefits

The expected base salary range for this full‑time position across U.S. locations is $213,000—$263,000 USD. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training, and education, and skill level. 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.