Senior UX Engineer, Waymo
Design Systems & Tooling
$196-248k
Autonomous driving technology
Open for applications
Autonomous driving technology
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$196-248k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make it simpler and safer for people to move things and themselves around.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive Front-End Experience: 7+ years of professional front-end or UI engineering experience, with deep, expert-level knowledge of TypeScript, Angular (or similar frameworks like React), HTML5, and CSS3 (Sass, Flexbox, Grid)
- Production & Systems Architecture: A proven track record of architecting and building both large-scale, production-quality front-end applications and the reusable UI component libraries that power them
- Rigorous Testing & Code Quality: Deep experience with front-end testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Jasmine, Karma, Cypress) and a passion for writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
- UX & Design Acumen: A strong understanding of UX principles and exceptional "design instincts," with the ability to collaborate effectively with designers and translate visual concepts into pixel-perfect code
- Complex Data Integration: Experience consuming data from complex backend services (e.g., REST, gRPC, GraphQL) and handling data in sophisticated, single-page applications
Desirable
- Data Visualization: Experience with data visualization libraries like D3.js or similar
- Accessibility & Localization: Deep knowledge of web accessibility (a11y) and localization (l18n) best practices
- Backend Technologies: Familiarity with Protocol Buffers (protobufs) or gRPC
- Relevant Domain Experience: Experience building tools for complex, technical domains like autonomous vehicles, robotics, mapping, or large-scale fleet operations
What the job involves
- This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Manager of UX Engineer
- Product Front-End Leadership: Lead the technical design and front-end architecture for complex, high-impact internal tools, partnering with PM and UX to drive product strategy from concept to production
- Component System Leadership: Lead the architecture, development, and long-term strategy for the Waymo Autonomous Tools (WAT) component library and design system, ensuring it accelerates development and scales with product needs
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Act as the key technical bridge between UX Design, Product Management, and SWE, translating complex user needs into scalable, production-ready applications and components
- Standards & Best Practices: Define and evangelize front-end best practices for both our product applications and our shared libraries, and establish the strategy for technical programs like accessibility (a11y) and localization (l18n)
- Mentorship & Amplification: Mentor other engineers and designers, amplifying the team's impact by creating reusable solutions, high-quality documentation, and scalable front-end patterns
Our take
Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving car company, is changing the way people get around, Its robotaxis, which don't need a human driver, are already operating in cities like Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Austin. Soon, Waymo will expand to Detroit, Las Vegas, and San Diego, showing just how autonomous cars are moving from experiments to real-world transportation.
The company has already completed over 10M fully driverless rides and driven more than 100M miles. Its cars use advanced sensors and AI to navigate streets safely, while partnerships with Uber and DoorDash show that Waymo's technology works for both passengers and deliveries. And it's feeling ambitious too, hoping to offer one million trips per week by the end of 2026.
Even with competitors like Tesla and Zoox, Waymo is leading the autonomous ride-hailing market. Its cars have fewer crashes and keep passengers safer than traditional vehicles. With international plans for London and Japan, Waymo isn't just growing in the US, its setting its sights on shaping the future of transportation worldwide.
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Insights
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2026
$16bn
LATE VC
Aug 2024
$5.6bn
SERIES C
Total funding: $27.1bn
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
- Employee assistance programs focused on mental health
- Personalized workplace adjustments for diverse needs and abilities, including physical, mental, and neurodivergent considerations
- Access to mental health apps
- Onsite wellness centers
- Second medical opinion for you and your loved ones
- Medical advocacy program for transgender employees
- Counseling services
- Support programs including menopause benefit
- Competitive compensation
- Regular bonus and equity performance grant opportunities
- Generous 401(k) and regional retirement plans
- Annual cross-company compensation review and pay equity analysis
- 1-on-1 financial coaching
- Fertility and growing family assistance
- Parental leave and baby bonding leave
- Caregiver leave
- Elder care and support
- Backup childcare
- Survivor income benefit
- Paid time off, including vacation, bereavement, sick leave, parental leave, disability, and holidays
- Jury duty leave
- Military leave
- Hybrid work model with remote work opportunities also available
- Educational reimbursement
- Peer learning and coaching platform
- Donation matching programs
- Employee resource groups
- Volunteer hours
- Internal community groups and local culture clubs
- Inspiring spaces to work, recharge, and collaborate with fellow Waymonauts
- On-site meals and snacks
- Fitness centers, massage programs, and ergonomic support
- On-demand fitness, wellbeing, and cooking classes
- Commuter benefits
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Dmitri Dolgov
(Co-CEO)Dmitri joined Waymo in 2016 as CTO, becoming Co-CEO in 2021. Prior to this, he spent nearly 8 years at Google as a Distinguished Software Engineer and 2 years at Toyota Research Institute as a Senior Research Scientist.
Tekedra N. Mawakana
(Co-CEO)Tekedra joined Waymo in 2017 as the Global Head of Policy, holding various roles before becoming Co-CEO in 2021. Previously, she was the VP of Global Government Relations and Public Policy at eBay and VP and Deputy General Counsel of GLobal Public Policy at Yahoo.
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