Software Engineer, Training, ML Infrastructure

The Waymo ML Infrastructure team works with Research and Production teams to develop models in Perception and Planning that are core to our autonomous driving software. We ensure our partners by offering the best solutions for the entire model development lifecycle. These solutions are developed in close collaboration with teams at Google. They are geared towards both scaling models and solving problems unique to ML for autonomous driving. 

We develop a set of libraries and tools that enhance TensorFlow and JAX, and address scalability, reliability, and performance challenges faced by Waymo’s ML practitioners: training fast and at scale, increasing ML accelerator efficiency, fine-tuning multimodal LLMs for autonomous driving tasks, discovering hyper-parameters, retraining neural networks, computing reliable and noiseless metrics on validation sets, and validating newly trained DNNs when deployed into the full onboard software stack. 

We are looking for an individual contributor (IC) who enjoys the following responsibilities, and has the required qualifications listed below:

In this role, you'll:

• Develop the infrastructure components necessary for distributed training, including job scheduling, resource management, data distribution, and model synchronization.
• Implement automation solutions for provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and scaling of distributed training infrastructure to improve operations and reliability.
• Monitor system health, diagnose and troubleshoot issues, and perform routine maintenance tasks to ensure the reliability of the distributed training infrastructure.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and optimization opportunities
• Improve the developer experience and performance of our scalable ML framework

At a minimum we'd like you to have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or 2+ years equivalent experience
• Experience with distributed systems principles and experience building distributed systems for production environments.
• Solid Python or C++ skills
• Prior experience with Machine Learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) and distributed training algorithms
• Debug complex distributed systems issues
• Experience communicating updates and resolutions to customers and other partners

It's preferred if you have:

• Practical familiarity using ML accelerator profiling tools to uncover performance bottlenecks

• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience deploying and managing distributed systems in cloud environments
• Knowledge of optimization and deep learning algorithms

While at Waymo, you will enjoy benefits that cover…

Health and wellness: Our people are at the heart of everything we do. At Waymo, you can enjoy top-notch medical, dental and vision insurance, mental wellness support, a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), a Health Saving Account (HSA), and special wellness programs.

Financial wellness: Your financial peace of mind is important to us. At Waymo, we offer competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, equity, a generous 401(k) plan, 1-on-1 financial coaching, a 529 College Savings Plan and lots of other perks and employee discounts.

Flexibility and time off: Take the time you need to relax and recharge. Enjoy the flexibility to work from another location for four weeks per year. We support an on-site or hybrid work model and offer remote working opportunities, paid time off, bereavement, sick, and parental leave.

Supporting families: When it comes to growing your family or caring for your loved ones, you have our full support. Enhanced leave options include paid parental leave (birthing parent gets 24 weeks of paid leave with up to 4 weeks of additional leave before their due date, and non-birthing parent gets 18 weeks of paid leave), and 20 days of subsidized backup childcare or adult/elder care.. Access to fertility care or adoption support as you grow your family.

Community and personal development: At Waymo, you'll find a range of opportunities to grow, connect, and give back. We offer education reimbursement, personal and professional development, mentorship, and other ways to connect through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), other internal groups, and even time off to volunteer.

Cool perks: Access to Google offices, cafes, wellness centers, massages, and so much more. To support your wellbeing at home, you can enjoy at-home fitness and cooking classes, and more.

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