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Staff Software Engineer / Technical Lead Manager

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experi

Company

Waymo

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

Status

Open

Posted

2026-03-16T17:53:04+00:00

Waymo is hiring a staff-level software engineering lead and manager in San Francisco, on-site. The job mixes technical leadership with people management: defining the technical roadmap, working across team boundaries and with product, UX, legal and operations, and running performance management. The posting asks for a computer science degree or equivalent, 6+ years of backend work (C++, Spanner), 6+ years of frontend work (Angular, JavaScript, React), 5+ years managing people, and product lifecycle experience, preferring familiarity with Google infrastructure or GCP equivalents. Base pay is $251,000–$319,000.