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Senior Software Engineer (Eval Efficiency & Optimization)

Waymo

Join our team as a Senior Software Engineer, where you will tackle complex problems at the intersection of statistics, machine learning, and scalable systems engineering. You will develop quantitative models to address evaluation challenges and enhance the efficiency and scalability of our evaluation infrastructure. Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, product managers, and leadership to deliver evaluation products and make data-driven decisions. Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, competitive compensation, and a hybrid work model.

Responsibilities

  • Tackling ill-defined, ambiguous problems and reducing complex systems into tractable quantitative models.
  • Developing statistical techniques that enable evaluation pipelines to deliver better signals with fewer resources.
  • Designing and building automation to enhance the efficiency and scalability of evaluation infrastructure.

Requirements

  • Fluency in implementing statistical, ML, and general mathematical algorithms for large datasets
  • 3-5 years of experience with
  • Experience adapting techniques in research papers to applied problems

Building data processing pipelines

  • Strong self-motivation and comfort with ambiguity to navigate complex systems and pursue open-ended problems to completion
  • Navigating and modifying a large code base containing a variety of languages, such as C++, Python, and SQL
  • Performing statistical analyses
  • BS in Math, Physics, or another quantitative field
  • Writing, reviewing, and merging code following industry standards for code health and maintainability
  • PhD in a quantitative field
  • Experience programming in C++ and Python
  • Experience developing, evaluating, and deploying products at scale
  • Experience with Agentic AI

Pay

USD 213,000 - 263,000