Senior Staff Software Engineer, Model Post Training
Waymo LLCMountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA;
On-site Full-time $281K/yr - $356K/yr
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You will:Enhance instruction-following and Chain of Thought (CoT) reasoning: Innovate and implement strategies to boost the instruction-following and CoT capabilities of LLMs aimed at autonomous driving applications. This may involve fine-tuning methods, reinforcement learning techniques, or other novel strategies to enhance LLMs' problem-solving skills for complex driving tasks, decision-making, and interaction with dynamic environments. Engage closely with research teams by posing pertinent technical questions, converting research breakthroughs into production-ready systems, and guiding the technical direction collaboratively. Offer technical leadership to inspire senior engineers and researchers across machine learning, infrastructure, and data teams. Elevate the technical standards for how Waymo trains, assesses, and deploys LLM models within the autonomous driving technical framework.
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Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology with a vision to become the world's most reliable 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™—which aims to enhance mobility access while significantly reducing traffic-related fatalities. The Waymo Driver is the backbone of our fully autonomous ride-hail service and is adaptable across various vehicle platforms and applications. To date, the Waymo Driver has successfully conducted over ten million rider-only trips, leveraging its experience from over 100 million miles driven on public roads and billions of miles in simulation across more than 15 U. S. states.
We are in search of passionate and skilled engineers to join our team and spearhead the post-training process for large language models (LLMs) in the realm of autonomous driving. You will collaborate with an exceptional team of researchers and engineers to innovate and elevate the next generation of advanced AI models.
About Waymo LLC
Waymo is pioneering the future of transportation through advanced autonomous driving technology, striving to be the most trusted driver in the world. Our innovative approach focuses on safety, reliability, and accessibility, reshaping how people think about mobility.
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