Senior Software Engineer, Mapping Data & Eval
Waymo · San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA
About this role
## About Waymo Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world’s most trusted driver. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can be applied across a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Roadgraph team builds the intelligent platform and automated pipelines that create, validate, and scale the high-definition geo knowledge base powering the Waymo Driver. This role focuses on building applied ML models, evaluation engines, and large-scale data infrastructure that transform real-world sensor streams into precise and reliable spatial knowledge. ## What you’ll do - Evaluate and launch machine learning models that automatically generate map data from raw inputs. - Partner with onboard teams to evolve Waymo’s mapping format to be more automation-friendly. - Apply statistical analysis to validate large-scale changes. - Build backend infrastructure for storing and processing many forms of map data. - Scale systems to support mapping the whole world. ## What you have - B.S. in Computer Science (or similar technical field) or equivalent practical experience. - Hands-on experience with statistical analysis, experiment design, and quantitative evaluation of ML models or data pipelines. - Experience building scalable data processing pipelines using distributed frameworks such as Google Data Flow or Apache Beam. - Demonstrated ability to take ownership of complex technical problems end-to-end and deliver measurable results in a collaborative environment. - A passion for good software engineering. ## We prefer - M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Vision, or a related quantitative field. - Experience with high-performance computing, C++ optimization, and large-scale distributed systems architecture. - Domain familiarity with autonomous vehicles, robotics, high-definition (HD) mapping, or GIS/spatial databases. ## Location - #LI-Hybrid ## Compensation (US) - **Expected base salary range:** **$213,000 – $263,000 USD** - Waymo employees may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and benefits (subject to eligibility requirements).
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