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Tech Lead Manager- Onboard Software Performance

Waymo · Mountain View, 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 lead the Onboard Software Performance team at Waymo, focusing on optimizing the performance of systems running on autonomously driven vehicles. Your responsibilities include developing modular architecture improvements, collaborating with onboard and hardware teams to enhance compute performance, and ensuring strong performance in complex driving environments. You will also be involved in performance evaluation and resource optimization for simulation in cloud datacenters.

Our read on this posting2.2out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
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

  • BS/MS in Comp Sci, EE, Robotics, Physics, Math, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 6 years of software engineering experience on large scale/high complexity system
  • 2 years of software management experience with at least 4 years in infrastructure/systems/performance domain
  • 4 years of experience acting as technical lead in performance/software infrastructure domain
  • 4 years of experience in C++

Nice to have

  • Experience in robotics
  • Experience in low level optimization techniques, frameworks (SIMD/CUDA) and ML performance/frameworks
  • Experience in large scale evaluation techniques/data science and building performance metrics/tooling
  • Experience in large scale software re-architecture projects

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.
  • The role involves a significant focus on performance optimization, which may require dealing with complex legacy systems.
  • The salary range is provided, but actual pay will depend on various factors, which may lead to variability in compensation.
  • The position is hybrid, which may affect work-life balance depending on the arrangement.

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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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