Staff Tech Lead, Perception, Pre-training & Distillation
Waymo · Mountain View, California, United States, San Francisco, California, United States
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 73 days Waymo's roles stay open a median of 103 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Waymo's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Waymo
- high 353 stale, 9 reposted of 353 open
- Hiring momentum
- 66 roles opened in the last 90 days ↓ down vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-11-14
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 be responsible for training large spatio-temporal foundation models using extensive datasets and delivering pre-trained models for production, particularly in real-time systems. You will also work on self-supervised learning techniques, develop distillation recipes, evaluate latent representations, and collaborate with other teams to ensure effective integration of pre-training tasks.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- 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
- MS or PhD in Computer Science or a similar discipline, or equivalent deep learning experience
- 5+ years experience in Machine Learning and/or Computer Vision
- Fluent in Python
- In-depth experience with ML frameworks like PyTorch or JAX
Nice to have
- Publications at top-tier conferences like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, ICML, ICRA, RSS, NeurIPS, AAAI, IJCV, PAMI
- Experience with C++
- Experience with real-time system design
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 technical work in a rapidly evolving field
- Collaboration with research teams at Alphabet may indicate a strong emphasis on innovation
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Listed by Waymo on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-11-14. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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