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Waymo · 3 days ago

Director of Engineering, Commercialization

positionMountain View, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityDirector/Executive
money$332K/yr - $421K/yr

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company focused on building the Waymo Driver to improve mobility access and save lives. The Director of Engineering, Commercialization will lead the Waymo One consumer service, overseeing software development, team growth, and product improvements to ensure a reliable and user-friendly experience.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Engineering lead for our Waymo One consumer service, responsible for the full stack of software
Work with engineering leads and cross functional stakeholders to develop a roadmap and prioritize tasks with both the fleet tooling and transportation-as-a-service areas of Waymo
Review technical plans, so we can build a sustainable long-term business with high reliability and minimal tech debt
Hire and grow the team, identify team or leadership gaps, and structure the team to meet scaling goals
Review the product and work with client teams to identify gaps in our tooling

Qualification

Managing consumer-facing serviceUser experience advocacyData-driven decision makingScaling app companiesManaging application systemsManaging backend systemsTechnical plan reviewIdentifying tooling gapsTeam leadershipCross-functional collaboration

Required

Experience managing a large consumer-facing service, ideally in an app-based (rather than web-based) setup
Strong sense of user advocacy. We're looking for some impatient to please users and unwilling to sit back and let the team turn the crank on existing plans
Strong advocacy for the user experience in a hands-on way by experiencing the product and using that as inspiration for bugs, team prioritization, org design, etc
Data-driven ability to identify gaps and how to plug those holes
Experience with scaling a medium app company into a large app company

Preferred

Experience managing both application and backend systems
Experience at a ride-hailing or delivery company
Has managed a P&L and optimized for CAC and revenue targets

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

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)
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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

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Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Annabel Chang
Head of State Policy & Government Relations
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Recent News

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