Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Computer Vision/VLM
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Waymo's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Waymo's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Waymo
- high 348 stale, 9 reposted of 353 open
- Hiring momentum
- 490 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Waymo's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Waymo.
About this role
In this role, you will develop and train advanced computer vision and multimodal models to extract semantic information necessary for autonomous driving. You will design a scalable AI agent framework, apply fine-tuning and reinforcement learning techniques, and collaborate with various teams to integrate systems into the ML development lifecycle. Additionally, you will manage the full system lifecycle, from model development to production deployment.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Waymo as an employer.
What you need
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
- 4+ years of hands-on experience training and shipping deep learning models for computer vision tasks using Python and frameworks like PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow
- 1+ years of demonstrated experience working with large language models (LLMs) or vision-language models (VLMs)
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including designing scalable and reliable systems
- Experience building and managing large-scale data processing pipelines for ML training
- Proven ability to work autonomously and lead complex technical projects in a fast-paced R&D environment
Nice to have
- PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field
- Publication record in top-tier AI conferences
- Hands-on experience with Reinforcement Learning, especially RLHF, RLAIF, or applying RL to language/agentic tasks
- Experience with modern techniques in self-supervised, weakly-supervised, or multi-task learning for perception
- Experience building with AI agent frameworks or developing autonomous agentic systems
What you get
- Discretionary annual bonus program
- Equity incentive plan
- Generous Company benefits program
Worth weighing
- Salary range provided but actual pay depends on various factors
- Role involves advanced ML techniques and may require keeping up with rapidly evolving technology
- Collaboration with multiple teams may require strong interpersonal skills
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Listed by Waymo on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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