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Overview

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company headquartered in Mountain View, California, that develops the Waymo Driver and operates a fully autonomous ride-hailing service. It began in 2009 as the Google Self-Driving Car Project and is now part of Alphabet; the Waymo Driver has completed more than ten million rider-only trips and over 100 million autonomous miles on public roads across more than 15 US states. It hires software and machine learning engineers, perception and planning researchers, safety and field operations specialists, hardware sourcing staff and corporate roles, with large teams in Mountain View, San Francisco, New York and London.

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Waymo over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
192
Postings analysed
261
Stack modernity
76/100AI adopter
Languages
C++54%
Python52%
SQL28%
Java6%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch22%
JAX18%
TensorFlow15%
PyTorch C++12%
Databases
BigQuery2%
Google BigQuery2%
Google Cloud Spanner2%
Google Bigtable<1%
Cloud & platforms
Linux5%
Spark3%
CUDA Toolkit2%
GCP2%
AI & ML
LLM11%
VLM5%
Gemini2%
Gaussian Splatting<1%
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Full Waymo tech stack 192 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$248k
Typical range
$86k – $431k
Open positions
318
310 Jobs
Intern 16.8%
Junior 1.9%
Middle 5.5%
Senior 34.2%
Staff 36.8%
Principal 0.6%
Architect 4.2%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Intern 52 $140k $86k – $170k
Junior 6 $216k $215k – $263k
Middle 17 $215k $151k – $263k
Senior 106 $259k $124k – $368k
Staff 114 $302k $139k – $378k
Principal 2 $431k $431k
Architect 13 $284k $207k – $399k
Highest paying role Principal Software Engineer, Onboard Field Response $431k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Waymo By role, level and city, against the market · 318 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
357
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
16%
Early Careers
16% ▲
AI/ML
12%
Management
9% ▼
Field & Service
8% ▲
Operations
6%
Actively hiring for Early Careers (+31 in 30 days)

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
35
Hiring now
23
Countries
12
Busiest office
Mountain View
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Mountain View United States
HQ
Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680)
280 open roles 152 posted in 90 days 56% engineering 2% remote $251k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Early Careers
seen since Jan 2025 careers board, job postings
San Francisco United States
Engineering / R&D
San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)
149 open roles 74 posted in 90 days 59% engineering 1% remote $255k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Product
seen since Apr 2025 careers board, job postings
New York United States
Engineering / R&D
Los Angeles (US-LAX-GRAN2037)
25 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 76% engineering $276k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Marketing
seen since Dec 2025 careers board, job postings
London United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
London (UK-LON-40BR)
16 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 25% engineering $162k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Operations, HR
seen since Feb 2026 careers board, job postings
Tempe United States
Support & operations
Tempe (US-TEM-WRT1033)
11 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 9% engineering $205k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Management, Operations
seen since May 2026 careers board, job postings
Warsaw Poland
Engineering / R&D
Warsaw (PL-WAW-TFM)
9 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 78% engineering 11% remote
hires for Backend, AI/ML, Management
seen since Jan 2026 careers board, job postings
Kirkland United States
Engineering / R&D
Kirkland (US-KIR-6THD)
7 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 86% engineering $286k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, DevOps, Industrial Engineering
seen since Oct 2025 careers board
Tokyo Japan
Support & operations
Tokyo (JP-TOK-STRM)
6 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 17% engineering
hires for Operations, Backend, Communications
seen since Feb 2026 careers board, job postings
Los Angeles United States
Plant / site
Los Angeles (US-LAX-GRAN2037)
6 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 33% engineering $252k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Field & Service, Product
seen since Oct 2025 careers board, job postings
Munich Germany
Plant / site
Munich (DE-MUC-ARP)
6 open roles 6 posted in 90 days
hires for Field & Service, Legal, Management
seen since Sep 2026 careers board, job postings
Taipei Taiwan
Engineering / R&D
Hsinchu (TW-ZBC-TYP)
5 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 80% engineering
hires for AI/ML, Hardware, Management
seen since Mar 2026 careers board, job postings
Hyderabad India
Corporate office
Hyderabad (IN-HYD-OMGB)
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days
hires for Management, Sales, Operations
seen since Jan 2026 careers board, job postings
Pittsburgh United States
Engineering / R&D
Pittsburgh (US-PIT-BAK)
3 open roles 100% engineering $263k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML
seen since Dec 2025 careers board
Hsinchu Taiwan
Engineering / R&D
Hsinchu (TW-ZBC-TYP)
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for AI/ML, Hardware
seen since Mar 2026 careers board
Phoenix United States
Tempe (US-TEM-WRT1033)
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50% engineering $225k Avg Salary
hires for Networking, Management
seen since May 2026 job postings
Bengaluru India
Regional office
Bangalore (IN-BLR-BCPC)
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Backend
seen since Sep 2026 careers board, job postings
Singapore Singapore
Engineering / R&D
Singapore (SG-SIN-MBC2)
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Operations
seen since Oct 2026 careers board, job postings
Washington United States
Regional office
Washington DC (US-WAS-CAP)
1 open roles $187k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Feb 2026 careers board
Sacramento United States
Regional office
Sacramento
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% remote $218k Avg Salary
hires for Public Policy
seen since Sep 2026 careers board, job postings
Seattle United States
Regional office
Seattle (US-SEA-PKV)
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering $368k Avg Salary
hires for Backend
seen since Jul 2026 careers board
Austin United States
Texas
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering $215k Avg Salary
hires for Networking
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Oxford United Kingdom
Regional office
Oxford (UK-OXF-WOOD46)
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering $170k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML
seen since Jul 2026 careers board
Novi United States
Regional office
Novi (US-DTW-MAG)
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days $242k Avg Salary
hires for Product
seen since Aug 2026 careers board, job postings
Paris France
Regional office
Paris (FR-PAR-RDL)
careers board
Shanghai China
Regional office
Shanghai (CN-SHA-WFC)
careers board
Shenzhen China
Regional office
Shenzhen (CN-SZX-HUG5001)
careers board
Berlin Germany
Regional office
Berlin (DE-BER-TSKY2)
careers board
Chicago United States
Regional office
Chicago (US-CHI-FLMK)
careers board
Madrid Spain
Regional office
Madrid (ES-MAD-PIC)
careers board
Miami United States
Regional office
Miami (US-MIA-1450)
careers board
Detroit United States
Regional office
DO NOT USE - Detroit (US-DTW-HBK2020)
careers board
Toronto Canada
Regional office
Toronto (CA-TOR-KING65)
careers board
Vista United States
Regional office
Playa Vista (US-PLV-BLUFFS)
careers board
Atwater United States
Regional office
Atwater (US-ATW-B175)
careers board
Ann Arbor United States
Regional office
Ann Arbor (US-ARB-TRAV)
careers board

Jobs

≈ $198k – $405k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Master's Degree • Mountain View • San Francisco • Kirkland
Reinforcement Learning
JAX
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Post-training
Pre-training
arXiv
Machine Learning
Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
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$140k per year • In office • Internship • Master's Degree • Mountain View
Python
SQL
C++
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$170k per year • In office • Internship • PhD • Mountain View
Python
JAX
TensorFlow
TensorBoard
Machine Learning
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$140k per year • In office • Internship • Master's Degree • Mountain View
Python
SQL
C++
TensorFlow C++
PyTorch C++
AI/ML
Spark
Embeddings
JAX
Multimodal AI
Computer Vision
AI Agents
TensorFlow
PyTorch
RAG
Knowledge Graph
Machine Learning
DevOps
Linux
Robotics
Motion Planning
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$140k per year • In office • Internship • Master's Degree • Mountain View
Python
SQL
C++
Prompt Engineering
Multimodal AI
Computer Vision
VLM
Machine Learning
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$140k per year • In office • Internship • Master's Degree • Mountain View
Python
SQL
C++
AI Agents
Machine Learning
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$140k per year • In office • Internship • Master's Degree • San Francisco
Python
SQL
C++
TensorFlow C++
PyTorch C++
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
JAX
Computer Vision
Transfer Learning
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Flax
TPU
Machine Learning
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$196k – $242k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Mountain View • San Francisco
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$175k – $215k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco • Mountain View
C++
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≈ $18k – $41k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Bengaluru
Python
C++
Bash
LLVM
AI/ML
MLIR
Machine Learning
DevOps
RTOS
CI/CD
Linux
Unix
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$168k – $207k per year • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Mountain View • San Francisco
LLM
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≈ $62k – $108k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Poland) • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Warsaw
Python
Go
Java
Kotlin
SQL
C++
Anomaly Detection
Machine Learning
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