Waymo
Jobs, news, and who works there
As of 2026-09-29, Skillenai has indexed 746 Waymo job postings over the past 90 days (down 2% vs the prior 4 weeks). Waymo appeared in 265 news articles in the same window.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-29
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Hiring at Waymo
Weekly Waymo job postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles Waymo is hiring for
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 210 | 28.2% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 115 | 15.4% |
| Program Manager | 42 | 5.6% |
| ML Engineer | 34 | 4.6% |
| Product Manager | 23 | 3.1% |
| Systems Engineer | 22 | 2.9% |
| Data Scientist | 19 | 2.5% |
| Research Scientist | 16 | 2.1% |
| Technical Program Manager | 15 | 2.0% |
| Android Engineer | 12 | 1.6% |
Skills in Waymo job postings
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| C++ | 373 | 50.0% |
| Python | 363 | 48.7% |
| machine learning | 211 | 28.3% |
| SQL | 166 | 22.3% |
| JAX | 133 | 17.8% |
| PyTorch | 127 | 17.0% |
| TensorFlow | 114 | 15.3% |
| Distributed systems | 114 | 15.3% |
| deep learning | 99 | 13.3% |
| data pipelines | 85 | 11.4% |
| Simulation | 82 | 11.0% |
| Reinforcement learning | 81 | 10.9% |
| Data analysis | 75 | 10.1% |
| Java | 56 | 7.5% |
| model evaluation | 51 | 6.8% |
Where Waymo is hiring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain View | 543 | 72.8% |
| San Francisco | 36 | 4.8% |
| Warsaw | 32 | 4.3% |
| New York City | 25 | 3.4% |
| London | 15 | 2.0% |
| Taipei | 10 | 1.3% |
| Hyderabad | 9 | 1.2% |
| Pittsburgh | 6 | 0.8% |
| Bengaluru | 4 | 0.5% |
Who works at Waymo
From the career profiles Skillenai holds for current staff. Small groups are withheld.
Skills on staff profiles
- Radar9%
- Quality Assurance6%
- data-driven insights6%
- Google Sheets6%
- dashboard malfunctions6%
- SOPs6%
- Autonomous Vehicles6%
- simulation glitches6%
- risk assessment6%
- lidar6%
- Cameras6%
- classroom management3%
- Planner3%
- robustness3%
- camera design3%
- python3%
Share of observed positions at Waymo that list the skill.
Degree level
- Master11
- PhD8
- Bachelor6
Field of study
- Computer Science4
- Applied Mathematics1
- Civil/Structural Engineering1
- Data Analytics1
- Data Science1
- Electrical & Computer Engineering1
- Electrical and Computer Engineering1
- Electrical Engineering1
Schools
- San Jose State University5
- University of California, Los Angeles3
- Stanford University3
- Carnegie Mellon University2
- Purdue University2
- Northeastern University2
- University of Michigan2
- The University of British Columbia2
Waymo in the news
265 news articles and 239 blog posts mentioned Waymo in the last 90 days.
News
- Allianz Partners launches Metaportal for travel insurancelifeinsuranceinternational.com · September 28, 2026
- Waymo’s 54% Fleet Growth in Texas & Wayve signs Mercedes-Benzavmarketstrategist.substack.com · September 28, 2026
- 💥 Driverless cars crash 68 percent less than human driverswarpnews.org · September 26, 2026
- Leaks Show That Meta’s New AI Agent Relied on Real People to Make Callscnet.com · September 26, 2026
- INSEAD’s AI Bet: Teach The Manager, Not The Modelpoetsandquants.com · September 25, 2026
- Atoms Robotaxi Plans Emerge as Kalanick Targets Uber Partnershipfortuneherald.com · September 25, 2026
Blogs
- From Read Access to Admin with just an AI Agenthackervalleystudio.podbean.com · September 23, 2026
- Waymo programme aims to link AV users to public transportitsinternational.com · September 24, 2026
- The Hardest Skill in the AI Job Market: JAXskillenai.com · May 7, 2026
- Biggest Startups in the US: 2026 Valuation and Funding Reportbestfirms.org · September 2, 2026
- #40 · The Vendor Chain Is Where Judgment Gets Delegatedtwinladder.ai · June 13, 2026
- Column|Nobody Is Actually Pausing AI. We Asked the Labsfundaai.substack.com · September 17, 2026
How this was computed
Job counts are postings whose employer resolves to Waymo over the 90 days ending 2026-09-29; mentions are news and blog documents that resolve to the same entity. Career-profile aggregates come from the Skillenai talent graph with the same suppression the talent-graph API applies.
- note
- Observed profiles counts the career profiles Skillenai holds at this company, not its employee count.
- source
- Skillenai jobs, news and blog indices; Skillenai career-profile corpus
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