- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- 15+ years of experience working on large-scale production software systems, especially machine learned systems
- 15+ years on hands on coding experience with C++
- Experience organizing and running oncall rotations
- Excellent influence without authority skills
- Organizational awareness, extremely collaborative, strong communication, focus on value add to the company and to the team
- Deep expertise in architecting large scale distributred systems, observability tools, monitoring systems, and incident management practices
- Strong background in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and production operations at scale
- Proficiency with automation, infrastructure and modern DevOps/SRE tooling
- Track record of improving system reliability through data-driven approaches and systematic problem-solving
We prefer
- 15+ years of experience leading hybrid hardware/software production systems
- Experience leading teams who work on modern deep ML / large scale models
- Track record of bringing about change in 1000+ person engineering organizations
The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.
Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.