Waymo

Sr. Staff Data Architect

Waymo · Mountain View, California, USA

Posted 16 days ago

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This role has been open
16 days
Waymo's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Waymo's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Waymo
low
0 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
2026-09-17

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About this role

In this role, you will define and drive the architectural roadmap for Waymo's Data Lake, transitioning it to a scalable analytical ecosystem. You will lead cross-domain data pipelines, enforce architectural standards, and oversee data governance strategies while collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure platform consistency and compliance.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
4/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent
  • 12+ years of experience leading the design, implementation, and operations of multi-Petabyte Data Lake/Data Warehouse solutions in high-growth companies
  • Proven track record of being the Lead Architect driving significant data governance and data platform maturity transitions
  • Deep experience driving a data infrastructure org through rapid growth phases
  • Expert-level technical depth in distributed batch/streaming frameworks (e.g., C++, Flume, Apache Spark, Flink)
  • Highly effective cross-functional influencer capable of driving alignment across hundreds of stakeholders (Director+ levels, Embedded Eng, Data Science)

Nice to have

  • Hands-on knowledge of cloud-native or internal release hardening ecosystems (e.g., Canary/CAS, CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration)
  • High proficiency with Google-internal pipeline/data stacks (Flume, SQLP, Rapid, CAS, F1)

What you get

  • Discretionary annual bonus program
  • Equity incentive plan
  • Generous Company benefits program

Worth weighing

  • No specific details on the company's culture or team dynamics are provided
  • Salary range is broad and dependent on various factors, which may lead to uncertainty during negotiations

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Listed by Waymo on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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