Technical Lead Manager (Simulation Infrastructure)

Waymo; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 221,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-notch medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending and health savings accounts

Access to Google offices and wellness centers

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Education tuition reimbursement

Job summary

A leading autonomous technology company in San Francisco is seeking a cross-functional engineering leader for their Simulation Infrastructure team. The role involves leading a team to develop scalable products that evaluate software solutions. Candidates should have experience in building distributed systems and managing engineers. The position offers a competitive salary range of $221,000 to $276,000, flexible work arrangements, and comprehensive benefits including health insurance and paid parental leave, making it an excellent opportunity for skilled professionals.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building large-scale distributed systems.
• 2+ years of experience managing high-performing Software Engineers.
• Experience working cross-functionally with various teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the infrastructure team for diverse customer needs.
• Set technical vision and influence broader organizational direction.
• Manage a mid-sized team of Software Engineers.

Skills

Building large-scale distributed systems

Proficient in C++

Data-driven decision making

Job description

About Waymo

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they’re going. Since our start as the Google Self‑Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been focused on building the Waymo Driver – the World’s Most Experienced Driver – to improve everyone’s access to mobility while saving thousands of lives from traffic crashes. Our Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, our fully autonomous ride‑hailing service, as well as Waymo Via, our trucking and local delivery service. To date, Waymo has driven over 20 million miles autonomously on public roads across 25 U.S. cities and conducted over 20 billion miles of simulation testing.

Opportunity

The Simulation Infrastructure team is responsible for creating reliable, scalable, and cost‑effective simulation‑based products that evaluate Waymo Driver’s software stack at a massive scale. We solve complex technical challenges to build services and tools for a broad range of customers – Software Engineers, Product, Data Science, System Engineering, and more. If you are a cross‑functional engineering leader interested in building the next generation of simulation products and services, we’d love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Lead an infrastructure team that serves the Simulation‑based Evaluation needs for a large and diverse set of customer teams across Waymo.
• Set the technical vision and direction for your team, and influence the direction of the broader Infrastructure Organization. Identify opportunities and critical issues spanning multiple teams, organizations, and use cases, and play a key role in defining their technical solutions.
• Manage a medium‑sized team (5‑7) of junior and senior SWEs, organizing them into effective sub‑teams with clear missions, projects, and APIs.
• Contribute production‑grade code, execute code reviews, drive and influence detailed technical designs.
• Align and define plans for your team while influencing the planning and strategy of partners and the larger organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience building large‑scale distributed systems.
• Proficient in C++ or a strong willingness to learn.
• 2+ years of directly managing high‑performing Software Engineers.
• Demonstrated experience working cross‑functionally with Product, Program, Data Science, etc.
• History of data‑driven decision making.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with different types of large‑scale systems.
• History of working on Infra teams with multiple different customers.
• Experience with evaluation tools, data analysis, and data science concepts.
• 10+ years of industry experience as a Software Engineer/Technical Expert.

Salary and Benefits

Salary range for this full‑time position across US locations: $221,000–$276,000 USD. Actual starting pay will be based on job‑related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training, and skill level.

Waymo employees are eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Health and Wellness: Top‑notch medical, dental, and vision insurance, mental wellness support, flexible spending account (FSA), health savings account (HSA), on‑site physicians/nurses in some locations, and special wellness programs.

Financial Wellness: Competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, equity, a generous 401(k) plan or regional retirement plans, 1‑on‑1 financial coaching, a 529 College Savings Plan, and other perks and employee discounts.

Flexibility and Time Off: Ability to work from another location for four weeks per year, support for on‑site, hybrid, and remote work models, paid time off, Waymo recharge days, bereavement, sick, and parental leave.

Supporting Families: Enhanced leave options: paid parental leave (24 weeks for birthing parent, 18 weeks for non‑birthing parent), 20 days of subsidized backup childcare or adult/elder care, access to fertility care or adoption support.

Community and Personal Development: Education tuition reimbursement, personal and professional development, mentorship, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), and volunteer time off.

Cool Perks: Access to Google offices, cafés, wellness centers, personal training sessions, massages, haircuts, bike repairs, office transportation, commuter benefits, and more, including at‑home fitness and cooking classes.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Waymo is an equal employment opportunity employer, committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive workplace for all employees. Waymo does not discriminate against, and prohibits harassment of, any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law. Waymo will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. Waymo is committed to ensuring equal opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please let the recruiting team know or email [e-mail] (this email address is intended to be used only for requesting accommodations as part of the application process. Other inquiries will not receive a response.).