Waymo is looking to improve its data analysis infrastructure to validate the safety and performance of the Waymo Driver, accelerate research and development cycles, enable data-driven decisions, and standardize progress measurement.
Requirements
- Proven track record of setting technical vision, driving multi-quarter roadmaps, and delivering impactful data projects as a technical lead for senior engineering teams.
- Extensive experience architecting, building, and operating complex, large-scale distributed data systems (e.g., data lakes, lakehouse, data mesh, streaming platforms, query engines).
- Deep expertise in designing and implementing data governance principles, including metadata systems, data lineage, data quality frameworks, and data discoverability solutions at scale.
- Strong experience in designing and evolving data-centric APIs, schemas, and data contracts to ensure system interoperability, portability, and long-term maintainability.
- Expertise in data pipeline and query engine development and proficiencies in writing both SQL and one of C++/Java/Python code language.
- Familiarity with data from autonomous vehicle operations, logistics, or ride-hailing business domains (preferred).
- Experience with Google's data infrastructure and tools such as F1 Query, Napa, Flume, Plx, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) data services such as BigQuery, Cloud Dataflow, etc. (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Lead the architectural design and technical strategy for Waymo's core data platforms, encompassing a 'Single Source of Truth' data lake for Commercialization and 'Metrics Portability and Standardization' for Driver Evaluations.
- Establish and enforce comprehensive data governance frameworks across the data ecosystem, enabling easy data discoverability, and enhancing data quality.
- Identify and address inefficiencies in the data development lifecycle.
- Drive initiatives to improve developer productivity, streamline workflows, and enhance the overall effectiveness of the data engineering and metrics development functions in Waymo.
- Serve as a lead technical liaison, collaborating deeply with Simulation, Onboard, ML, and Commercialization teams to understand data needs, define data contracts, translate requirements into technical solutions, and ensure alignment on architectural direction.
- Mentor senior engineers, guide critical technical decisions, and champion best practices in data engineering, including system reliability, efficiency, developer experience, and innovation to address new challenges.
Other
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical designs, trade-offs, and strategies to diverse stakeholders, including senior leadership and partner engineering, data scientists, and product teams.
- Ability to influence across organizational boundaries.
- Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or related field (not explicitly mentioned but implied).
- Ability to participate in Waymo's discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
- US work location or remote work arrangement, with exact work location affecting salary range.
