- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Location
- Mountain ViewCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Artificial Intelligence
- Posted
- Jul 16, 2026
- Salary
- $213,000–$263,000 a year
Senior ML Compiler Engineer, Compute
Job description
This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Software Engineering 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 Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases.
Waymo's Compute Team is tasked with a critical and exciting mission: We deliver the compute platform responsible…
Job responsibilities
- Leverage agentic AI to accelerate analysis, planning and implementation of production software improvements
- Analyze the performance characteristics of code generated by our production grade compiler, and design and implement optimizations to improve that performance
- Design and implement compiler support for novel features of our high-performance architecture
- Work with hardware architects to understand and influence the development of our unique neural network inference platform through hardware/software codesign
- Work with model developers to tune their neural networks for better inference efficiency and accuracy
Job requirements
- BS degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience and 5+ years of industry experience OR
- MS degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering and 3+ years of industry experience
- PhD degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering and 1+ years of industry experience
- 3+ years experience working on compilers for parallel architectures
- 1+ years experience working with ML inference or linear algebra computation
- C++ programming skills, including leveraging agentic AI acceleration
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