Senior Staff Engineer (DevAI)

TL;DR

Senior Staff Engineer (DevAI): Building next-generation AI-powered developer tools and agentic systems to accelerate the development of the Waymo Driver with an accent on multi-agent frameworks and SDLC transformation. Focus on designing agentic flows for automated triage, root cause analysis, and productionizing LLMs into production environments.

Location: Hybrid (Mountain View or San Francisco, CA). Must be based in the US

Salary: $298,000—$368,000 USD

Company

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company building the world's most experienced driver to improve mobility and safety.

What you will do

• Develop multi-agent frameworks and tools for spec-driven development and context-aware code generation.
• Design and deploy agentic flows to automate complex engineering tasks such as root cause analysis and automated triage.
• Create specialized agents for perception debugging to accelerate troubleshooting in real-world and simulation environments.
• Develop data pipelines and evaluation strategies to deploy state-of-the-art LLMs and agentic solutions into production.
• Partner with engineering teams to understand workflows and drive the adoption of novel DevAI tools.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software development experience.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying multi-agent frameworks and agentic AI systems.
• Strong expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Deep understanding of modern SDLC and spec-driven development methodologies.
• Proven track record of architecting large-scale software systems and leading technical work across multiple interdependent teams.
• Must be based in the United States

Nice to have

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field with a focus on AI/ML.
• Experience developing or applying AI-powered tools specifically for software engineering.
• Deep understanding of fine-tuning and advanced AI architectures.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule.
• Discretionary annual bonus program.
• Equity incentive plan.
• Generous company benefits program.