Staff Software Engineer / Technical Lead Manager
Waymo Open · verified Oct 24, 2026 At a glance
Senior Engineering Leadership role at Waymo. San Francisco · $251,000–$319,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Set technical road maps and take cross-team work from ownership through completion
- Coordinate with product, UX, legal, operations, and other non-engineering partners
- Lead and develop people, including handling performance management
- Contribute across backend and frontend product development work
What you bring
- A computer science degree or equivalent hands-on experience
- At least six years working with backend technology and six years with frontend technology
- Five or more years managing people
- Experience with the product development lifecycle and technical leadership
Who this fits
This role suits a senior engineer who can combine technical direction with people management and collaborate across engineering and non-engineering teams. The position is based in San Francisco.
From the employer
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.
You will:
- Collaborative - work across team boundaries
- Cross-functional - work with PM, UX, legal, operations, or other non-engineering roles
- Independence / leadership - take ownership and drive efforts to completion
- Technical road map definition experience
- Performance management experience
You have:
- BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years experience working with backend tech (e.g. C++, Spanner, or others)
- 6+ years of experience with Front End (Angular, Javascript, React, etc)
- 5+ years of people management experience
- TL or leadership skills
- Experience in product development lifecycle
We prefer:
- Familiarity with Google infrastructure (e.g. Flume, Borg, Protocol Buffers, OnePlatform) or GCP equivalent
- Development experience with C++ or other backend programming languages
- Development experience with frontend frameworks (e.g. Angular, React)
- Scalability and system performance experience
The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.
Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
Salary Range$251,000—$319,000 USD
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