Waymo tech stack
Waymo builds mostly with C++, Python, SQL, Java. Its stack also includes PyTorch, JAX, Linux, Spark. C++ is named in 140 of the 261 job postings Waymo published in the last 12 months (54%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Waymo, updated Oct 13, 2026.
What programming languages does Waymo use?
C++ is named in 54% of job postings at Waymo, followed by Python (52%), SQL (28%), Java (6%).
C++
140 54%
Python
136 52%
SQL
74 28%
Java
15 6%
Kotlin
7 3%
JavaScript
7 3%
SystemVerilog
6 2%
TypeScript
6 2%
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What frameworks and libraries does Waymo use?
PyTorch is named in 22% of job postings at Waymo, followed by JAX (18%), TensorFlow (15%), PyTorch C++ (12%).
PyTorch
58 22%
JAX
46 18%
TensorFlow
39 15%
PyTorch C++
31 12%
TensorFlow C++
17 7%
Transformers
8 3%
Angular
5 2%
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What databases does Waymo use?
BigQuery is named in 2% of job postings at Waymo, followed by Google BigQuery (2%), Google Cloud Spanner (2%), Google Bigtable (<1%).
BigQuery
5 2%
Google BigQuery
5 2%
Google Cloud Spanner
4 2%
Google Bigtable
1 <1%
Presto
1 <1%
Snowflake
1 <1%
What cloud and platforms does Waymo use?
Linux is named in 5% of job postings at Waymo, followed by Spark (3%), CUDA Toolkit (2%), GCP (2%).
Spark
8 3%
CUDA Toolkit
6 2%
GCP
6 2%
Apache Kafka
2 1%
Cadence Protium
2 1%
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What developer tools does Waymo use?
TPU is named in 6% of job postings at Waymo, followed by Ansible (1%), LLVM (1%), Terraform (1%).
Ansible
3 1%
LLVM
3 1%
Terraform
3 1%
gRPC
3 1%
Cadence Palladium
2 1%
Git
2 1%
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What AI and ML technologies does Waymo use?
LLM is named in 11% of job postings at Waymo, followed by VLM (5%), Gemini (2%), Gaussian Splatting (<1%).
LLM
29 11%
VLM
14 5%
Gemini
4 2%
Gaussian Splatting
1 <1%
LoRA
1 <1%
QLoRA
1 <1%
Vision Transformer
1 <1%
YOLO
1 <1%
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Which engineering practices does Waymo ask for?
Machine Learning is named in 47% of job postings at Waymo, followed by Computer Vision (11%), Reinforcement Learning (11%), Multimodal AI (8%).
Computer Vision
29 11%
Reinforcement Learning
28 11%
Multimodal AI
22 8%
AI Agents
16 6%
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And 29 more, each named in fewer postings.
What other technologies does Waymo use?
Swift Concurrency is named in <1% of job postings at Waymo.
Swift Concurrency
1 <1%
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
62 postingsBackend
62 postingsEarly Careers
33 postingsManagement
19 postingsField & Service
13 postingsOperations
12 postingsHow does your stack fit Waymo?
How much does Waymo pay by technology?
Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Waymo postings with stated pay: $259k across 235 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| C++ | 125 | $263k | +2% |
| Python | 123 | $252k | −3% |
| SQL | 65 | $234k | −10% |
| PyTorch | 56 | $261k | +1% |
| JAX | 44 | $263k | +2% |
| TensorFlow | 37 | $259k | 0% |
| PyTorch C++ | 30 | $263k | +2% |
| LLM | 28 | $216k | −17% |
| TensorFlow C++ | 16 | $263k | +2% |
| VLM | 14 | $302k | +17% |
How is the Waymo stack changing?
Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.
How modern is the Waymo stack?
Waymo scores 76 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: 9; legacy ones: 1.
How common is the Waymo stack in its industry?
Share of the 183 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Waymo apart
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 C++ (54%), Python (52%), SQL (28%), Java (6%), Kotlin (3%), as a share of the 261 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Waymo use PyTorch?
Yes. PyTorch is named in 58 of 261 job postings (22%) and required in 58 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Waymo use?
The cloud and platforms named in Waymo job postings are Linux (12), Spark (8), CUDA Toolkit (6) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a AI/ML job at Waymo?
AI/ML postings at Waymo most often require Python (39), PyTorch (38), C++ (36), JAX (27), out of 62 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Waymo tech stack changing?
Yes. Git, Azure, RTOS, Imitation Learning first appeared in Waymo job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Waymo tech stack?
Waymo scores 76 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: 9; legacy ones: 1.
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 261 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 13, 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: 192 technologies from 261 job postings", as of Oct 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/withwaymo/technologies