Software Engineer (Bulk/Interactive Inference)

• We’re looking for a software engineer to join the team to build and maintain the critical data and ML pipelines that powers ML development at Waymo
• In this hybrid role, you will report to the Head of ML Platform- Senior Staff Software Engineer
• Develop Waymo’s inference platform to make it scalable, high throughput, and low latency
• Work closely with other teams across Waymo in hosting both internal and external ML models, including LLMs
• Improving the efficiency of running inference on these large models to increase throughput and save cost
• Deploy and integrate model inference solutions across a variety of use cases, such as distillation, eval, dataset generation, active learning, and auto-labeling

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
• Employee assistance programs focused on mental health
• Personalized workplace adjustments for diverse needs and abilities, including physical, mental, and neurodivergent considerations
• Access to mental health apps
• Onsite wellness centers
• Counseling services
• Second medical opinion for you and your loved ones
• Support programs including menopause benefit
• Medical advocacy program for transgender employees
• Competitive compensation
• Regular bonus and equity performance grant opportunities
• Generous 401(k) and regional retirement plans
• Annual cross-company compensation review and pay equity analysis
• 1-on-1 financial coaching
• Fertility and growing family assistance
• Parental leave and baby bonding leave
• Backup childcare
• Survivor income benefit
• Elder care and support
• Caregiver leave
• Paid time off, including vacation, bereavement, sick leave, parental leave, disability, and holidays
• Jury duty leave
• Military leave
• Hybrid work model with remote work opportunities also available
• Educational reimbursement
• Peer learning and coaching platform
• Donation matching programs
• Volunteer hours
• Employee resource groups
• Internal community groups and local culture clubs
• Inspiring spaces to work, recharge, and collaborate with fellow Waymonauts
• On-site meals and snacks
• Fitness centers, massage programs, and ergonomic support
• On-demand fitness, wellbeing, and cooking classes
• Commuter benefits

• 5+ years of professional experience in the field of software engineering
• Experience with building highly scalable distributed system
• Experience in programming C++
• Passionate about building internal infra and tools
• Experience with building model hosting and inference solutions
• Experience with handling datasets in the order of exabytes