Senior Staff Engineer - Agentic AI & Evaluation Platforms

Waymo LLC; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 251,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Waymo equity program

Job summary

Waymo LLC in Mountain View, CA is seeking a senior individual contributor to redefine how we hillclimb and evaluate the Waymo driver. The role is hybrid, reporting to an Engineering Director, and focuses on production‑grade agentic AI systems and scalable evaluation frameworks.

You will lead design, build and deployment, applying deep AI/ML expertise to autonomous agents and multi‑agent orchestration, integrating LLMs with external tools. 7+ years in software engineering are typical.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven technical leader with a track record of designing, building, evaluating, and deploying novel agent‑based AI solutions into production.
• Deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, with hands‑on experience building autonomous agents, multi‑agent systems, and integrating LLMs with external tools/APIs.
• Extensive experience (typically 7+ years) in software engineering, with a focus on architecting and building large‑scale, complex systems.
• Proven ability to define technical strategy, influence senior leadership, and drive execution across multiple teams in ambiguous domains.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to articulate complex technical concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy production‑grade agentic AI systems to solve evaluation challenges.
• Develop robust evaluation frameworks and metrics to measure accuracy, safety, and reliability of AI agents.
• Automate the building and scaling of the hardest evaluation problems inhibiting Waymo's growth.

Skills

Technical leadership

AI/ML expertise

Strong communication

Collaboration skills

Software engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

PhD in CS (preferred)

Tools

C++

Job description

Waymo LLC in Mountain View, CA is seeking a senior individual contributor to redefine how we hillclimb and evaluate the Waymo driver. The role is hybrid, reporting to an Engineering Director, and focuses on production‑grade agentic AI systems and scalable evaluation frameworks.

You will lead design, build and deployment, applying deep AI/ML expertise to autonomous agents and multi‑agent orchestration, integrating LLMs with external tools. 7+ years in software engineering are typical.