Tech Lead, Self Driving Eval Infrastructure
Core
Architecting and leading the technical strategy for Waymo's core data platforms to validate autonomous driving safety, accelerate R&D, and enable commercial operations.
Role type
Senior IC Tech Lead (Data Infrastructure)
Builds
A scalable single source of truth data lake and standardized metrics systems for Waymo's autonomous vehicle operations.
Domain
Autonomous driving / Data Engineering
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed data systems architecture, data governance frameworks, data pipeline development, SQL, C++/Java/Python, system reliability, developer experience
Preferred skills
Autonomous vehicle data domain knowledge, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) data services
Technologies
Data lakes, lakehouse, data mesh, streaming platforms, query engines, BigQuery, Cloud Dataflow
Responsibilities
Lead architectural design for core data platforms; establish data governance frameworks; improve data development lifecycle efficiency; collaborate with Simulation, Onboard, ML, and Commercialization teams; mentor senior engineers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC