Principal Research Scientist - AI Scaling & Optimization

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology with a commitment to becoming the most trusted driver in the world. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo is dedicated to developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—which aims to enhance mobility access and save thousands of lives lost in traffic accidents. The Waymo Driver has been instrumental in powering Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hailing service, accruing over ten million rider-only trips, and has autonomously navigated more than 100 million miles on public roads alongside tens of billions of miles in simulation across 15+ states in the U.S.We are launching an innovative team known as SCORPIO (SimEval Capacity Operations, Resource Planning, Infrastructure Optimization). This team will play a crucial role in optimizing the utilization of Waymo’s extensive simulation compute, storage, and network resources. SCORPIO will focus on creating data-driven models, metrics, and processes for demand forecasting, capacity planning, and resource allocation optimization, thereby enhancing developer experiences and maximizing infrastructure investment returns.

Join Waymo as a Staff Software Engineer specializing in Simulation Capacity Optimization. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your expertise in software engineering and simulation technology to enhance our autonomous vehicle systems. Your contributions will be vital in optimizing the performance and efficiency of our simulations, ensuring that our vehicles are equipped to navigate the complexities of real-world environments.

Waymo is seeking a highly skilled Senior Research Scientist to join our innovative team focused on sensor simulation. In this role, you will be responsible for developing cutting-edge simulation technologies that enhance our autonomous vehicle systems.Your expertise will contribute to improving the accuracy and efficiency of our simulations, playing a crucial role in the advancement of self-driving technology. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and ensure our systems are at the forefront of the industry.

Waymo, the leader in autonomous driving technology, aims to be the world's most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo is dedicated to developing the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and significantly reduce traffic-related fatalities. With over ten million rider-only trips facilitated by our technology, which has autonomously navigated more than 100 million miles on public roads and countless simulations across more than 15 U.S. states, we are at the forefront of autonomous transportation.The Waymo Applied Research team is devoted to crafting machine learning solutions that tackle key challenges in autonomous driving, focusing on safely operating Waymo vehicles across diverse cities and under varying driving conditions. We thrive on collaboration, fostering partnerships with other research teams within Alphabet to push the boundaries of innovation.In this hybrid role, you will report to a Technical Lead Manager.

Join LinkedIn as a Senior Staff Applied Scientist specializing in Infrastructure Data Science. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your expertise to drive innovation and enhance the efficiency of our infrastructure systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, developing cutting-edge data solutions that significantly impact our global user base.Your responsibilities will include conducting advanced data analyses, modeling complex systems, and implementing machine learning algorithms to optimize performance. You will also mentor junior scientists and contribute to a vibrant research culture, ensuring that LinkedIn remains at the forefront of technology and data science.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, aiming to be the most trusted driving partner globally. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo is dedicated to developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and prevent the loss of lives in traffic incidents. The Waymo Driver underpins our fully autonomous ride-hailing service and is adaptable across various vehicle platforms and use cases. With over ten million trips completed and over 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, Waymo is paving the way for safer and efficient transportation across 15+ states in the U.S.Waymo's Product Data Science team collaborates closely with Engineering, Product, and Operations to drive data-informed decision-making across the organization. We engage in high-impact projects that span quality assurance, operational efficiency, market analysis, and rider satisfaction, all aimed at scaling the Waymo Driver safely and effectively. Our team thrives on curiosity, adaptability, and a data-driven mindset.This position follows a hybrid work model, reporting directly to the Manager of Product Data Science.

About Our TeamThe GeminiApp team is dedicated to crafting a universal AI assistant that will transform how billions of individuals engage with technology. Our vision is to develop a personal and proactive life assistant that significantly boosts productivity and creativity, enabling users to achieve more in their daily lives. Join us as we redefine human-AI interaction at scale.About the RoleAs a Senior Data Scientist on the GeminiApp team, you will play a crucial role in shaping our product strategy while leading a dynamic team of data professionals. Your expertise in data will be pivotal in developing a uniquely proactive assistant, ensuring our strategic initiatives are firmly grounded in actionable insights. This is a high-impact position ideal for a data scientist eager to thrive in a fast-paced and innovative environment, passionate about creating user-focused experiences that will revolutionize our relationship with technology.Key ResponsibilitiesCollaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and UX leaders to formulate data-driven product strategies across various areas of GeminiApp.Translate complex, ambiguous questions into clearly defined problems, design robust experiments, and extract insights from large, complex datasets.Establish and implement innovative, goal-oriented metrics that drive product success.Develop and deploy statistical and machine learning models to understand user behavior, enhance product capabilities, and personalize the user experience.Effectively communicate findings and strategic recommendations to stakeholders, including executives.Promote a data-driven culture by integrating user engagement insights back into models.Work alongside the GenAI team to ensure model quality and feature adoption.Serve as a technical mentor for a global team, guiding junior team members in complex analyses and upholding best practices for high-quality, impactful work.

Waymo is a pioneering autonomous driving technology firm dedicated to becoming the world's most reliable driver. Originating as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been committed to developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and prevent countless lives lost to traffic accidents. The Waymo Driver fuels Waymo's fully autonomous ride-hailing service and is adaptable to various vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips and autonomous driving experience across 100 million miles on public roads, in addition to tens of billions of miles in simulations across more than 15 U.S. states, we are setting new standards in safety and efficiency.The Planner Evaluation team is tackling one of the most critical challenges in autonomous driving: assessing and enhancing the quality of the software that controls the vehicle. We seek seasoned data-driven software engineers and data scientists to elevate how we assess and characterize changes in the Onboard software stack (including Planner and Perception).Your primary responsibility will be to streamline, validate, manage, and organize the most prevalent safety metrics at Waymo. This role will require deep collaboration with a diverse range of stakeholders to grasp the fundamental applications of these safety metrics. Through a comprehensive understanding of the data, you will provide expert recommendations on the best solutions and their interpretations. You will also validate and enhance metric quality to meet the expanding use cases of Waymo's products, including new platforms and territories. If you are passionate about autonomous vehicles and leveraging complex data to inform decision-making, this opportunity is for you!In this hybrid role, you will report to a Data Science Manager.

Join Coupang as a Staff Data Scientist specializing in Ads Analytics, where you'll drive data-driven decision-making to enhance our advertising strategies. In this dynamic role, you will analyze large datasets, develop predictive models, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize ad performance.As a vital member of our analytics team, you will leverage advanced statistical techniques and machine learning algorithms to uncover insights that will shape our advertising initiatives. You will also present your findings to stakeholders, helping to guide our strategic direction.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, committed to becoming the world's most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has dedicated itself to developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access while significantly reducing traffic-related fatalities. Our Waymo Driver powers a fully autonomous ride-hailing service and is adaptable to a diverse array of vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips and experience from more than 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, Waymo is shaping the future of transportation.Our simulation environment is among the most sophisticated ever created, utilizing deterministic logic, physical dynamics, and cutting-edge Generative AI to establish a training ground for the Waymo Driver. The Simulator Evaluation team tackles the challenging question: How can we mathematically validate that a virtual world is perceptibly 'real'?We are on the lookout for a Staff Software Engineer who will take on the role of Technical Architect in this field. You will operate at the intersection of software engineering and AI, ensuring our simulated environments—whether governed by explicit rules or foundational models—accurately reflect reality.In this Staff-level position, you will report directly to a Senior Staff Software Engineering Manager and function as a Technical Lead, connecting intricate technical metrics with overarching product strategies.Your Responsibilities Will Include:Architecting Evaluation Standards: Define the 'Definition of Done' for simulation realism, anticipating product objectives (e.g., operational capabilities in snow or highway driving) and designing the evaluation roadmap to ensure our simulation fidelity evolves in alignment with onboard requirements.Acting as the System Critic: Create comprehensive mathematical frameworks to validate our hybrid virtual world, determining the balance between diverse evaluation needs—from verifying logical rules and dynamics to assessing the distribution quality of generative AI models.Building at Scale: Lead the development of large-scale, extensible evaluation platforms (in C++/Python), ensuring our metric pipelines are robust distributed systems capable of delivering clear, reproducible insights on petabytes of data.Providing Strategic, Cross-Functional Leadership: Serve as the technical liaison across various organizations, closely collaborating with AI research and other simulation teams. The evaluation workflows you design will facilitate rapid innovation and inform research trajectories.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the world’s most reliable driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, our focus has been on developing the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and save lives lost to traffic accidents. The Waymo Driver is the driving force behind our fully autonomous ride-hailing service and is adaptable to various vehicle platforms and use cases. With over ten million rider-only trips completed, we have amassed experience driving autonomously over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across more than 15 U.S. states.The Simulator Team at Waymo creates advanced simulations of realistic environments for testing and training the Waymo Driver. We leverage cutting-edge machine learning algorithms to assess and improve the Waymo Driver's performance. As our simulation platform evolves, this technical leadership position will oversee the strategy for the entire Simulator software stack, ensuring it scales with emerging simulation technologies and Waymo’s growth. Your responsibilities will encompass low-level optimization through to high-level configuration, all aimed at enhancing resource utilization (CPU/RAM/TPU/GPU). You will spearhead the Simulator Platform's efficiency initiatives and represent the team in broader performance-related projects within Waymo.In this hybrid role, you will report to a Director of Software Engineering.

Moveworks, a part of ServiceNow based in Mountain View, is looking for a Senior Data Scientist. This position focuses on using advanced analytics to guide decision-making and enhance product features. Collaboration is central, as the Senior Data Scientist works with multiple teams to identify opportunities and shape solutions that use AI to transform customer service. Key responsibilities Analyze complex datasets to inform business and product strategies Partner with engineering, product, and other groups to address challenges and drive improvements Create new methods to strengthen AI-powered support tools Support ongoing initiatives to advance customer service through artificial intelligence Role overview This role centers on both technical analysis and cross-functional teamwork. The Senior Data Scientist will play a part in shaping how AI is used to improve customer experiences at Moveworks and ServiceNow.

Who We AreGatik, a pioneer in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is transforming the B2B supply chain through its innovative autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution. We prioritize reliable and safe deliveries while optimizing freight movements to alleviate congestion. Our focus is on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers, and in 2021, we introduced the world’s first fully driverless commercial transportation service in partnership with Walmart. Our Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are now operational in key markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving the future of freight transportation.Our proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is engineered for safe and efficient freight transport between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile. With advanced capabilities in both highway and urban settings, Gatik Carrier™ is an all-in-one solution that combines state-of-the-art software and hardware, seamlessly integrating into our customers' logistics operations.About the RoleWe are developing a high-scale, web-based simulation platform designed to validate autonomous systems. Our R&D team is producing AI/ML models, and we have a Senior Full-Stack Engineer working on the platform interface. We are looking for a Simulation Integration Engineer to serve as a vital technical bridge between these two teams. Your mission will be to ensure that the autonomy stack operates reliably within a virtual environment, creating complex testing scenarios and ROS2 infrastructure necessary for stress-testing our AI models.This is a 'Sim-to-Stack' orchestration role. While you won't be deploying to physical hardware, you will be responsible for ensuring the virtual world provides high-fidelity data to the autonomy stack and accurately reflects the model's performance.

To apply for this position, please fill out the attached Internal Transfer Request Form and submit it. Ensure to apply using your Coupang email address. At Coupang, our mission is to exceed customer expectations. We thrive on customer feedback that validates our approach, exemplified by statements like, 'How did we ever live without Coupang?' Our dedication to making shopping, dining, and living more accessible has established us as a groundbreaking force in the multi-billion-dollar e-commerce sector. As one of the fastest-growing e-commerce companies, we have built a solid reputation as a reliable and dominant player in South Korean commerce. We proudly combine the dynamic environment of a startup with the resources of a global public company. This unique blend empowers us to grow continuously and innovate at an extraordinary pace. Our culture is entrepreneurial, and we encourage our team members to drive new initiatives. Boldness and ambition define us as we explore opportunities to shape the future of commerce.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the world’s most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been committed to developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and ultimately save lives lost to traffic incidents. The Waymo Driver not only powers our fully autonomous ride-hail service but is also adaptable to various vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips facilitated and more than 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, along with extensive simulation across over 15 U.S. states, we are redefining transportation.The Software Engineering team is the brain behind Waymo’s autonomous driving capability. Our systems empower the Waymo Driver to accurately perceive its surroundings, make informed decisions, and safely transport individuals to their destinations. We tackle complex technical challenges in robotics, perception, decision-making, and deep learning, collaborating closely with hardware and systems engineers. If you are a software engineer or researcher with a passion for Level 4 autonomous driving, we want to connect with you.The Sensor Foundations Team is essential in providing clean, optimized sensor data through robust APIs to our Perception models. We aim to abstract hardware differences and deliver low-level Perception signals using advanced algorithms or machine learning approaches. Team projects require a versatile skill set, including robotics, system integration, code optimization, and machine learning expertise.Within the Optimization sub-team, we leverage our knowledge of CPUs, GPUs, and sophisticated algorithms to rapidly process Waymo’s sensor data, feeding it into Perception ML models. Our focus on low-level compute hardware understanding allows us to apply this knowledge throughout the entire technology stack. We are seeking a Tech-Lead Manager with expertise in CPU, GPU, or system-level optimization to guide our small team of Software Engineers. Depending on your experience, you may also oversee system-level optimization and manage our compute resources.This position follows a hybrid work model and reports directly to the Technical Lead Manager of the Sensor Foundations team.

P-57 At Databricks, we are passionate about empowering data teams to tackle the world's most challenging problems. Our mission is to create and operate the premier data and AI infrastructure platform, allowing our clients to concentrate on the high-value challenges central to their objectives. Founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, Databricks has expanded from a small office in Berkeley, California, to a global powerhouse with over 1,000 dedicated employees. Thousands of organizations, from small startups to Fortune 100 companies, rely on Databricks for their critical workloads, establishing us as one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies globally. Our engineering teams are committed to developing highly technical products that meet significant needs in the industry. We continuously push the limits of data and AI technology while ensuring resilience, security, and scalability—key factors in ensuring our customers' success on our platform. We manage one of the largest software platforms in existence, comprising millions of virtual machines that generate terabytes of logs and process exabytes of data daily. At this scale, we frequently encounter cloud hardware, network, and operating system issues, necessitating that our software effectively shields our customers from such challenges. As a Data Scientist on the Data Team, you will play a crucial role in fostering a data-driven culture at Databricks by working on the company's top priorities. The Data Team also acts as an internal customer, utilizing Databricks to shape the future direction of our products. Your Impact: Analysis at the speed of thought: Enhance decision-making capabilities by developing robust data science tools for business leaders, analysts, and fellow data scientists. Extend capabilities of Databricks: Collaborate closely with the Data Platform and Product Engineering teams to integrate data science tools with existing offerings and the core product. Strategic business insights: Spearhead insight generation for key company priorities and essential engineering initiatives focusing on reliability and efficiency. Gather evolving requirements, define project OKRs and milestones, and communicate progress and results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Mentor and guide junior data scientists on the team regarding project planning, technical decisions, and reviews of code and documentation. Represent the data science discipline across the organization, advocating for a more data-driven approach. Act as a representative for Databricks at academic and industry events.

Waymo, a leader in autonomous driving technology, is dedicated to becoming the world's most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has committed to developing the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—which not only enhances mobility access but also aims to save lives lost in traffic accidents. The Waymo Driver powers our fully autonomous ride-hailing service and is adaptable across various vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips completed and more than 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, plus extensive simulation across 15+ U.S. states, Waymo is setting the standard for safety and innovation in transportation.In this hybrid role, you will report to the Sr. Staff Manager.

Waymo, a leader in autonomous driving technology, aims to be the most trusted driver in the world. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, our mission is to create the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and reduce traffic fatalities. The Waymo Driver powers our fully autonomous ride-hail service and can be integrated across various vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips and more than 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, we are pioneering the future of transportation.As part of our Product Data Science team, you will collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Operations to leverage data for informed decision-making. We tackle high-impact projects, from quality assurance and operational efficiency to market analysis and rider satisfaction. Our data-driven, inquisitive, and adaptable approach is essential for scaling the Waymo Driver safely and effectively.This position follows a hybrid work model and you will report to the Product Data Science Lead.

At Reliable Robotics, we are pioneering innovative safety technologies for the aviation industry that have the potential to save lives. Our vision is to create automated aviation systems that will revolutionize air transportation, making it safer, more accessible, and fundamentally transformative in the movement of goods and people across the globe. Our dedicated team consists of mission-focused engineers with diverse expertise in aerospace, robotics, and autonomous vehicles, working diligently to turn this vision into reality.As a Senior Simulation Software Engineer, you will be instrumental in developing and enhancing our simulation software stack. This includes ensuring optimal framework performance, modeling flight dynamics, emulating hardware, and establishing a robust simulation-based testing infrastructure.