Job brief: Senior ML Compiler Engineer, Compute

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• Listed on Waymo's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $213,000 to $263,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Mountain View, CA, US; New York, NY, US · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF690) · New York City (US-NYC-CHEL)
• Posted: 2026-07-17 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• 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

Conditions

• This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Software Engineering Manager.

Main duties

• 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

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• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in New York, NY: $190k a year (479 listings, 39 employers). This listing is 25% higher.
• Across Waymo's 317 open listings, 50% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Waymo hires

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