Staff Software Engineer (TLM, Quantitative Evaluations)

Waymo

Mountain View, CA, United States Posted October 28, 2026

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On-site Full-time Senior
Salary Range

$251,000 - $310,000

Job Description

Join Waymo, the leading autonomous vehicle company, as a Staff Software Engineer. In this role, you will lead a team of software engineers in developing driving quality metrics and measuring the robustness of the Waymo Driver. You will define a long-term strategy, develop roadmaps, and guide the team to execute projects from ambiguous requirements to high-impact deliverables. You will also collaborate with other engineers, data scientists, statisticians, and the leadership team to deliver evaluation products and help make data-driven decisions.

  • Lead and manage a team of software engineers in developing driving quality metrics and measuring the robustness of the Waymo Driver.
  • Define a long-term strategy, develop roadmaps, and guide the team to execute projects from ambiguous requirements to high-impact deliverables.
  • Collaborate with other engineers, data scientists, statisticians, and the leadership team to deliver evaluation products and help make data-driven decisions.
  • Strong technical communication and collaboration skills
  • Proficiency in C++ or Python in a production environment
  • 5+ years of experience in the field of software engineering
  • Solid technical leadership in defining vision, strategy and priorities
  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area
  • Experience working in the AV industry
  • Exposure to ad-hoc data analysis with SQL
  • Experience with A/B experiment infrastructure
  • Experience coding in C++
  • Experience with ML
  • 2+ years of experience in team management
Required Skills
software development roadmapping collaboration leadership people leadership communication C++ Python statistics data analysis SQL machine learning
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