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About the Role

Waymo is seeking experienced data-minded software engineers and data scientists to join the Planner Evaluation team. This role focuses on improving the measurement and quality of autonomous driving software, specifically the Onboard software stack (Planner, Perception, etc.). If you are passionate about autonomous vehicles and using complex data to drive decision-making, this is the role for you.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy production-grade agentic AI systems to solve complex, open-ended evaluation challenges.
• Develop robust, automated evaluation frameworks and objective metrics to continuously measure the accuracy, safety, and reliability of non-deterministic AI agents.
• Automate the building and scaling of the hardest eval problem inhibiting Waymo's scale.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven technical leader with a track record of designing, building, evaluating, and deploying novel agent-based AI solutions into production.
• Deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, with heavy, hands-on experience building autonomous agents, multi-agent orchestration systems, and integrating LLMs with external tools/APIs.
• Extensive experience (typically 7+ years) in software engineering, with a significant focus on architecting and building large-scale, complex systems.
• Proven ability to define technical strategy, influence senior leadership, and drive execution across multiple teams in ambiguous and rapidly evolving domains.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Skills

• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Autonomous agents
• Multi-agent orchestration systems
• Integrating LLMs with external tools/APIs
• Software engineering
• Agentic frameworks
• Knowledge graphs
• Reasoning engines
• C++
• Autonomous vehicle simulation
• Autonomous vehicle testing
• Autonomous vehicle evaluation

Location

• US

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 7+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• PhD in Computer Science or related field, with a specialization in AI/ML or related area (preferred)

Salary/Compensations

• $251,000—$310,000 USD

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus program
• Equity incentive plan
• Generous Company benefits program

About the Company

• Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver.
• Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes.
• The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases.
• The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.