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.
The Waymo Mapping team's goal is to build a high resolution map of the world to support safe autonomous driving. We work on creating the map using a combination of automatic and manual techniques and build the infrastructure to store, process, and distribute the map. Our team collaborates with several other Waymo teams that consume map data.
This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to The Engineering Director; Mapping.
You will:
- Oversee multiple software teams in Waymo Mapping, covering Data/Eval, Infrastructure, and Tooling
- Scale Waymo's mapping systems to support mapping the entire world
- Shepherd the team through the agentic transition, both for coding and map automation
- Partner closely with multiple ML teams to productionize state-of-the-art ML systems
- Coordinate with the Mapping Operations team on rolling out new features and tools
You have:
- Significant experience as a people manager, including as a manager of managers
- Proven track record of leading a software team to solve difficult technical challenges
- Strong horizontal leadership abilities to successfully deliver on efforts involving many partner teams
- A bias towards execution
- Excellent technical judgement
We prefer:
- M.S. or Ph.D in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of experience with large scale distributed systems
- Experience overseeing multiple teams
- Background in data/eval for ML systems
- Experience with large-scale infrastructure and data processing frameworks
- Background in mapping
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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.
Skills Required
- Significant people-management experience, including managing managers
- Proven track record leading software teams through difficult technical challenges
- Strong horizontal leadership abilities across multiple partner teams
- Bias toward execution
- Excellent technical judgment
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems
- Experience overseeing multiple teams
- Background in data and evaluation for machine learning systems
- Experience with large-scale infrastructure and data processing frameworks
- Background in mapping
Waymo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered strong for full‑time technical roles, aligning with top‑tier AV/Big Tech benchmarks. Employer materials also emphasize competitive pay with eligibility for bonuses and equity as part of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage spans medical, dental, vision, mental‑health resources, onsite wellness centers, and counseling, with specialized programs such as menopause and transgender medical advocacy. Dependents are included, indicating depth across core health needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Offerings include fertility and family‑forming assistance, parental and baby‑bonding leave, caregiver and elder‑care support, and backup childcare. These programs are positioned to support families through multiple life stages.
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What We Do
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around. With the Waymo Driver, we can improve the world’s mobility while saving thousands of lives. Waymo reaches out to candidates from official channels only (e.g. directly from @waymo.com email addresses, or through our recruiters or sourcers who are noted as such on LinkedIn). We do not contact candidates about career opportunities through instant messaging apps like Telegram, email addresses from domains other than waymo.com (such as Gmail addresses), direct messages on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, or text messages. Visit waymo.com to check out our official job listings.
