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WaymoPosted Nov 10, 2026
Software Engineer Intern - Simulation Evaluation ML Model
Mountain View, CAinternshipOn Siteentry$281k–$356kH1B: yes
Waymo Technical leader responsible for architectural design and strategy of Waymo's core data platforms supporting autonomous driving insights and decision-making. Lead data governance and improve data engineering productivity.
Responsibilities
- We are seeking an exceptional a Leader to provide technical leadership and architectural vision for the core data platforms that power Waymo's insights and decision-making. This role is pivotal in shaping how Waymo leverages data to understand complex scenarios, measure progress, and ultimately deploy and operate our autonomous technology safely and effectively across the globe. You will be instrumental in tackling some of our most challenging data systems problems, from ensuring metrics consistency to building a scalable single source of truth for our ride-hail commercialization expansion.
- This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to Waymo's Engineering Director
- 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.
Qualification
Excellent communication skillsExtensive experience architecting$281
Required
- Proven track record of setting technical vision, driving multi-quarter roadmaps, and delivering impactful data projects as a technical lead for senior engineering teams, with demonstrated ability to influence across organizational boundaries.
- 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.
- 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.
Benefits
- Vision
- Equity/RSU
- Annual Bonus
- Flexible Work
Company
Waymo
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