Waymo
Senior Software Engineer, Mapping Data & Eval
$213K–$263K
San Francisco, CA, USA +3 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
Mountain View, CA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Education
- B.S. in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and scale machine-learning models, evaluation systems, and data infrastructure that turn sensor data into high-definition maps for autonomous driving.
What you'll do
- Evaluate and launch ML models that generate maps from raw data, and measure their impact on the overall system.
- Work with onboard teams to evolve mapping formats and validate large-scale changes using statistical analysis.
- Build and scale backend infrastructure for storing and processing map data worldwide.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Hands-on experience with statistical analysis, experiment design, and quantitative evaluation of ML models or data pipelines.
- Experience building scalable data-processing pipelines using distributed frameworks such as Google Data Flow or Apache Beam.
- Ability to own complex technical problems end-to-end and deliver measurable results in a collaborative team environment.
Nice to have
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Vision, or a related quantitative field.
- Experience with high-performance computing, C++ optimization, large-scale distributed systems architecture, or autonomous vehicles, robotics, HD mapping, or GIS/spatial databases.
Pay
$213,000 — $263,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Google Data Flow, Apache Beam, C++
AI focus
Apply machine learning to automatically generate maps from raw sensor data; work across labeling, training, evaluation, and inference, and assess model impact.
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