Waymo · 6 hours ago
Software Engineer, Statistical Evaluation and Sampling
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$170K/yr - $216K/yr
2+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. They are seeking a Software Engineer to develop importance sampling techniques and optimize evaluation pipelines for the Waymo Driver, collaborating with a diverse team to enhance safety and efficiency.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Develop importance sampling techniques that enable our evaluation pipelines to deliver better signals with fewer resources
Find signals in our logs and simulations that might help us to more efficiently discover rare and important events
Build systems that systematically optimize multiple objectives under resource constraints
Collaborate with other engineers, data scientists, statisticians and the leadership team to deliver evaluation products and help make data driven decisions
Champion code health and best practices in a large and complex code base
Qualification
Required
BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area
Fluency with probability and statistics
Strong self-motivation to navigate complex systems and pursue open-ended problems to completion
2-3 years of experience with navigating and modifying a large code base containing a variety of languages, such as C++, Python and SQL
2-3 years of experience with performing statistical analyses
2-3 years of experience with building data processing pipelines
2-3 years of experience with writing, reviewing, and merging code following industry standards for code health and maintainability
Preferred
Experience programming in C++
Experience developing and evaluating sampling methods
Experience designing, training, evaluating, and applying ML models
Experience working in the AV industry
PhD in a quantitative field
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
$27.1BKey Investors
Alphabet,Dragoneer Investment Group,DST Global,Sequoia CapitalAlphabetFidelity,Perry Creek Capital,T. Rowe Price
2026-02-02Series D· $16B
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
Leadership Team
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Annabel Chang
Director of U.S. State and Local Public Policy and Political Campaigns
Recent News
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