Senior Staff Software Engineer, Perception Data Primary at Waymo

Waymo

Mountain View, California, USA·9h ago

SeniorFull-timePythonRustC++KubernetesMachine LearningTensorFlowPyTorchAPIML

Salary Range

$132,600 - $179,400 /year

Estimated

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About the Role

We are looking for a Technical Director to join our Perception Data team at Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company. This role involves defining the technical strategy for the Perception organization and leading complex data challenges to improve the Waymo Driver's perception system.

Key Responsibilities

→Define Organizational Technical Strategy: Architect the 2-3 year Data vision for the entire Perception org, unifying the machine learning lifecycle into an automated & continuous flywheel.
→Cross-Organizational Architecture: Drive high-stakes architectural decisions that span across Perception, Machine Learning, and Infrastructure organizations.
→Technical Governance & Standards: Establish engineering excellence, API standards, and system reliability bars across multiple teams, ensuring these systems interoperate seamlessly.
→Solve "Impossible" Data Problems: Lead the technical execution on the most ambiguous and complex challenges, such as designing & accelerating active learning loops.
→Mentorship at Scale: Serve as a mentor to Staff and Senior engineers, growing the next generation of technical leaders.

Requirements

✓10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in a technical leadership role.
✓System-of-Systems Architecture: Proven track record of architecting complex, multi-component platforms.
✓Expertise in Big Data & ML Ops: Deep, hands-on mastery of distributed data processing and ML lifecycles.
✓C++ & Python Proficiency: Ability to read/write/debug complex C++ and Python code at a system level.
✓Influence Without Authority: Demonstrated ability to align multiple Principals, Directors, and Staff engineers across different organizations.