Waymo tech stack
Waymo builds mostly with Python, C++, SQL. Its stack also includes JAX, PyTorch. Python is named in 5 of the 8 job postings Waymo published in the last 12 months (63%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Waymo, updated Oct 3, 2026.
What programming languages does Waymo use?
Python is named in 63% of job postings at Waymo, followed by C++ (50%), SQL (38%).
What frameworks and libraries does Waymo use?
JAX is named in 25% of job postings at Waymo, followed by PyTorch (25%), TensorFlow (25%), Flax (13%).
Flax 
What AI and ML technologies does Waymo use?
LLM is named in 13% of job postings at Waymo, followed by LoRA (13%), QLoRA (13%), Vision Transformer (13%).
Vision Transformer 
Which engineering practices does Waymo ask for?
Machine Learning is named in 75% of job postings at Waymo, followed by AI Agents (13%), Computer Vision (13%), Fine-tuning (13%).
AI Agents
1 13%
Computer Vision
1 13%
Fine-tuning
1 13%
Knowledge Distillation
1 13%
Multimodal AI
1 13%
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What does each Waymo team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
AI/ML
3 postingsHow does your stack fit Waymo?
How modern is the Waymo stack?
Waymo scores 80 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 5; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Waymo stack in its industry?
Share of the 234 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
Companies with a stack like Waymo
Questions about the Waymo tech stack
What programming languages does Waymo use?
The languages named in Waymo job postings are Python (63%), C++ (50%), SQL (38%), as a share of the 8 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Waymo use JAX?
Yes. JAX is named in 2 of 8 job postings (25%) and required in 2 of them.
What skills do you need for a AI/ML job at Waymo?
AI/ML postings at Waymo most often require Python (3), C++ (2), SQL (2), out of 3 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Waymo tech stack changing?
No new technology has appeared in Waymo job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Waymo tech stack?
Waymo scores 80 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 5; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Waymo tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Waymo publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 8 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 3, 2026.
Method and citation
Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count
Alion, "Waymo tech stack: 27 technologies from 8 job postings", as of Oct 3, 2026. https://alion.io/company/waymo/technologies