Is Waymo a good company to work for as a Sr. Software Engineer?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at Waymo have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 23 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Waymo employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Sr. Software Engineer Jobs at Waymo now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Sr. Software Engineer interview questions at Waymo .

Does Waymo pay Sr. Software Engineer employees well?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Waymo with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 23 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Sr. Software Engineer salaries at Waymo.

How happy are Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at Waymo?

92% of Sr. Software Engineer employees at Waymo would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 14% in the past 12 months. Sr. Software Engineer professionals have also rated Waymo with a 4.7 rating for work-life-balance, 4.7 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.8 rating for culture and values and 4.6 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Waymo?

Software Engineer (54) , Senior Software Engineer (23) , Software Quality Operations Associate (19) , Program Manager (9) , Vehicle Operator (9) , Autonomous Vehicle Operator (8) , Fleet Response Specialist (7) , Hardware Engineer (7) , Systems Engineer (6) , Technical Program Manager (6) , Data Scientist (5) , Driver (5) , Engineer (5) , Operations (4) , Software Engineer (Swe II) (4)

What are the pros of working at Waymo according to real employee reviews?

"The people were great and very knowledgeable." ((in 41 reviews)); "Great benefits as an Alphabet company." ((in 35 reviews)); "The pay is good." ((in 28 reviews)); "Great teams and people are very friendly" ((in 20 reviews)); "Brilliant coworkers" ((in 13 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Waymo according to real employee reviews?

"Bad work life balance." ((in 12 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 6 reviews)); "Disorganized leadership and ambiguous instructions." ((in 6 reviews)); "No growth opportunities for contractors" ((in 4 reviews)); "startup environment with all of the growing pains, even a decade + later multiple rounds of layoffs that go unannounced" ((in 4 reviews))

Waymo Sr. Software Engineer reviews

4.0

92% would recommend to a friend

(23 total reviews)

Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov

92% approve of CEO

92% positive business outlook

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Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated Waymo with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 23 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Waymo is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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23 reviews

4.0

Mar 5, 2024

Exciting Product

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good work life balance - Great product

Cons

- Lacking transparency around valuation - Low comp relative to AI startups - Intentionally slowing promotions so lots of people are trying to leave.

4.0

Nov 22, 2023

Decent pay, meaningful product, bad wlb

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Work on a meaningful and impactful product. 2. Talented coworkers and good opportunities to learn new technology.

Cons

1 ambitious business goals, bad wlb 2 fear of layoff.

5.0

Nov 13, 2023

Fantastic goal and process

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There is no more exciting technology to be working on, and Waymo is doing it "the right way". Safety above all else.

Cons

Being dependent on a hardware platform means a long lead-time for feature development.

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