Software Engineer, Planner Reasoning, ML Infrastructure jobs in United States
cer-icon
Apply on Employer Site
company-logo

Waymo · 2 days ago

Software Engineer, Planner Reasoning, ML Infrastructure

positionMountain View, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityMid Level
money$170K/yr - $216K/yr

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The Planner Reasoning Team is responsible for developing technology that impacts the Waymo Driver's behavior, focusing on data-driven approaches to improve the driver through various machine learning techniques.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
check
H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Develop novel ways to inspect, understand, filter, improve and curate data to be used for ML training and evaluation
Build data tooling/infrastructure to unblock experimentation and to productionalize ML solutions
Collaborate closely with partner teams such as perception, research, simulation, and evaluation
Stay up-to-date with the latest data-driven approaches, and be able to prototype, develop and deploy these novel solutions to open-ended problems

Qualification

ML training infrastructureData manipulationC++SQLAutonomous driving experiencePrototypingData evaluationCollaboration

Required

Experience with offboard ML training and data pipelines infrastructure
Experience manipulating and analyzing large datasets
PhD, Masters or Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field

Preferred

Experience in the autonomous driving domain, including areas like motion planning or perception
Proficiency in SQL
Proficiency in C++
Eval experience, contributing to scalable eval workflows and building metrics for ML models

Benefits

Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program

Company

Waymo

twittertwittertwitter
Glassdoor3.7
company-logo
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.
dateFounded in 2009
location
Mountain View, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://waymo.com

H1B Sponsorship

Waymo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (231)
2024 (175)
2023 (268)
2022 (306)
2021 (298)
2020 (317)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$11.1B
Key Investors
Alphabet
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
2020-05-12Series A· $750M

Leadership Team

leader-logo
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
linkedin
leader-logo
Elisa de Martel
Chief Financial Officer
linkedin

Recent News

Benzinga.com
Waymo Unveils Updated 'Ojai' Robotaxi Minivan Built In Collaboration With Zeekr
2026-01-09
Sherwood News
What Waymo’s new van means for Google
2026-01-09
WebProNews
Waymo Unveils Ojai Robotaxi for 2026 U.S. Deployment
2026-01-09
Company data provided by crunchbase