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Senior Staff Technical Lead Manager - Mapping

Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; Remote

remotesenior$298,000–$298,000Posted Nov 12, 2026

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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 to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Mapping team’s goal is to build a high-resolution map of the world to support safe autonomous driving. We create the map using a combination of automatic and manual techniques, and build the infrastructure to store, process, and distribute the map. The team collaborates with several other Waymo teams that consume map data. *This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Engineering Director; Mapping.* **You will:** - Oversee multiple software teams in Waymo Mapping, covering Data/Eval, Infrastructure, and Tooling - Scale Waymo’s mapping systems to support mapping the entire world - Shepherd the team through the agentic transition, both for coding and map automation - Partner closely with multiple ML teams to productionize state-of-the-art ML systems - Coordinate with the Mapping Operations team on rolling out new features and tools **You have:** - Significant experience as a people manager, including as a manager of managers - A proven track record of leading a software team to solve difficult technical challenges - Strong horizontal leadership abilities to successfully deliver on efforts involving many partner teams - A bias towards execution - Excellent technical judgment **We prefer:** - M.S. or Ph.D in Computer Science (or similar technical field), or equivalent practical experience - 8+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems - Experience overseeing multiple teams - Background in data/eval for ML systems - Experience with large-scale infrastructure and data processing frameworks - Background in mapping **Salary Range (US):** $298,000 — $368,000 USD Waymo employees may also be eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program (subject to eligibility requirements).

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