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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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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

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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.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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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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