About the Role
Waymo's Product Data Science team collaborates cross-functionally to drive informed decisions using data. This hybrid role focuses on defining the science roadmap for Waymo’s marketplace experimentation platform, developing advanced testing methodologies, and establishing best practices for experiment design and evaluation.
Responsibilities
- Define the science roadmap for Waymo’s marketplace experimentation platform
- Develop advanced testing methodologies to solve for physical-world dynamics like network effects and spatial-temporal correlations
- Establish rigorous best practices for experiment design and evaluation across the broader product organization
- Partner with engineering to translate algorithmic logic into automated, production-grade pipelines
- Act as the primary domain expert on causal inference, providing technical leadership and translating complex results into clear product strategy
Requirements
- An advanced degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science)
- 8+ years of industry experience with a deep focus on causal inference, experimental design, and applied statistics
- Proficiency in SQL and Python, with a track record of partnering with engineering to build automated experimentation tools
- Strong product sense and the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Skills
- Causal inference
- Experimental design
- Applied statistics
- SQL
- Python
- Product sense
- Technical communication
- Two-sided marketplaces
- Physical-world operations
- Marketplace systems
- Algorithmic methods
Location
- US
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 8+ years
Education Level
- Advanced degree in a quantitative field
Salary/Compensations
- $230,000—$284,000 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.
