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Waymo · 1 day ago

Staff Data Scientist, Safety Metrics

positionNew York, NY
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$238K/yr - $302K/yr
date7+ years exp

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company focused on improving mobility and safety through its advanced driver system. The Staff Data Scientist, Safety Metrics will simplify, validate, and organize safety metrics, engaging with stakeholders to drive decision-making based on complex data. This role involves designing metrics, conducting experiments, and ensuring the quality of data used in evaluating software changes.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
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Responsibilities

Design, implement, validate and launch driving behavior metrics
Use simulations and real world examples to build datasets for model training and metric validation
Design A/B experiments to evaluate two versions of software
Collect, align, and advise stakeholder needs, providing expert opinion on how best to run rigorous, statistical evaluation

Qualification

PhD in quantitative area7+ years industry experienceC++PythonSQLA/B experimentsBuildingValidating metricsCommunication skillsAd-hoc data analysis toolsTechnical solution proposalLeadership skills

Required

PhD in Statistics, Math, Physics, or another quantitative area (e.g., Computer Science, Robotics)
7+ years of industry experience
Strong communication/leadership to address a high surface area across different organizations and products
Excellent data skills that produce efficient, data-reasoned choices for simplifying metrics and validating their quality
Proficiency in coding (across C++, Python, SQL) that prevents them from being bottlenecked by Waymo's metric infrastructures
Ability to take ambiguous business requirements and propose a technical solution

Preferred

Experience with A/B experiment infrastructure
Experience building and validating metrics to measure quality in complex systems
Exposure to ad-hoc data analysis tools for rapid modeling and prototyping
Experience coding in C++

Benefits

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

Company

Waymo

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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

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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

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Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Elisa de Martel
Chief Financial Officer
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