Waymo · 1 day ago
Senior Software Engineer/Data Scientist, Large Model Evaluation
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$204K/yr - $259K/yr
5+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The Large Model Evaluation team is seeking quantitatively-minded engineers to research and propose new ways to assess the ML models deployed in the Waymo Driver, focusing on developing novel metrics and simulation strategies for performance evaluation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Develop novel metrics and sampling techniques to measure the driving trajectories generated by ML models
Employ creative simulation strategies to measure the driving performance of generative AI models. Identify potential edge cases, and provide reliable performance insights that inform model development and deployment
Build data pipelines for signal discovery, data labeling, feature extraction and metric computation based on large-scale simulations
Conduct data analysis to diagnose regressions in ML models
Collaborate with world-class engineering and research teams that develop large-scale ML models
Qualification
Required
5+ years of relevant industry experience in a heavily quantitative software engineering area
Experience navigating complex technical and product landscapes, defining technical strategy, and creating roadmaps
Proficiency in programming in Python or C++
Experience with software design principles, coding best practices, testing methodologies, and version control software
Experience building software pipelines for data processing, system evaluation, or metric computation, in the context of large-scale systems
Knowledge of AI fundamentals, such as transformer architectures, distillation techniques, etc
Experience evaluating the quality of ML models
Demonstrated experience taking quantitative findings through to productionized tools
Preferred
Experience with simulation systems, robotics, or autonomous vehicles
Familiarity with one of the modern deep learning frameworks (e.g. JAX, Tensorflow)
Benefits
Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program
Company
Waymo
Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developing self-driving solutions for travelers and daily commuters. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$11.1BKey Investors
Alphabet
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
2020-05-12Series A· $750M
Leadership Team
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Elisa de Martel
Chief Financial Officer
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