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Sr. Staff Software Engineer, DUE Experience

Waymo· Software Engineering
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Los Angeles, California, Mountain View, California, San Francisco, California, New York City, New York$298k - $368kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior technical leadership role within Waymo's Driver Understanding and Evaluation (DUE) Experience team, focusing on agentic AI workflows, multi-agent systems, and scalable agent-based architectures to improve event triage and evaluation of the Waymo Driver.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the technical vision and architectural strategy for autonomous, multi-agent systems within the DUE Experience team, focusing on transformative improvements in event triage.
  • Lead the exploration and application of state-of-the-art agentic technologies to automate complex triage workflows, shifting paradigms from static LLM generation to dynamic reasoning, planning, and execution.
  • Architect, design, and guide the implementation of scalable, robust agentic frameworks capable of dynamic tool use, self-reflection, and multi-step orchestration.
  • Collaborate across teams to identify opportunities where agentic workflows and specialized AI agents can autonomously navigate and impact the broader Waymo Driver evaluation lifecycle.
  • Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers within DUE Experience and partner teams, fostering innovation and engineering excellence in agentic design patterns.
  • Identify and advocate for the broad problem(s) worth solving, turning big-picture concepts into actionable projects and roadmaps for human-on-the-loop autonomous systems.

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) in software engineering, with a significant focus on architecting and building large-scale, complex systems.
  • Deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, with heavy, hands-on experience building autonomous agents, multi-agent orchestration systems, and integrating LLMs with external tools/APIs.
  • Proven ability to define technical strategy, influence senior leadership, and drive execution across multiple teams in ambiguous and rapidly evolving domains.
  • A strong track record of technical leadership, including designing and implementing novel agent-based solutions.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Skills

Required:Software architecture and system designArtificial Intelligence / Machine LearningLeadership and mentorship
Nice to have:Agentic frameworks and reasoning engines

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year; 5 days/event (discretionary)
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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