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Site Reliability Engineering, Technical Lead Manager

Waymo
Location
Mountain View, CA, USA
Posted
16 days ago
Department
CSI (7LV)
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
  • 10+ years of experience leading large-scale production software systems, especially machine learned systems
  • 5+ years of experience as an organizational leader, managing a group of people and partnering with other organizational leaders
  • Experience organizing and running oncall rotations
  • Excellent influence without authority skills
  • Organizational awareness, extremely collaborative, strong communication, focus on value add to the company and to the team
Nice to have
  • Experience leading hybrid hardware/software production systems
  • Experience leading teams who work on modern deep ML / large scale models
  • Track record of bringing about change in 1000+ person engineering organizations
What the job really is

As the Site Reliability Engineering Technical Lead Manager at Waymo, you will oversee the reliability of critical release pipelines for autonomous driving technology. Your responsibilities include leading an SRE team, managing incident responses, improving software robustness, and collaborating with other engineering teams to enhance software engineering practices. This role requires hands-on leadership in a hybrid environment, focusing on both software and operational excellence.

Benefits
  • Eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
  • Equity incentive plan
  • Generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements
Things to weigh
  • Hybrid role may require flexibility in work environment
  • High salary range indicates competitive compensation but may reflect high expectations and responsibilities
  • Focus on unprecedented challenges in reliability may imply a demanding work environment
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