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 (10) , 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) , Machine Learning Engineer (4) , Operations (4)

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

"The people were great and very knowledgeable." ((in 42 reviews)); "Great benefits as an Alphabet company." ((in 34 reviews)); "The pay is good." ((in 27 reviews)); "Great teams and people are very friendly" ((in 14 reviews)); "Brilliant coworkers" ((in 13 reviews))

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

"Disorganized leadership and ambiguous instructions." ((in 6 reviews)); "No growth opportunities for contractors" ((in 5 reviews)); "TVC churn is highly exploitative; upper management extremely resistant to increase FTE quotas" ((in 5 reviews)); "awful communication, terrible feedback, not considerate of contractors (which comprise more than 80% of the workforce on some teams)" ((in 5 reviews)); "No opportunities to grow within the company" ((in 4 reviews))

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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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4.8

Culture & values

4.7

Diversity & inclusion

4.7

Work/Life balance

4.6

Career opportunities

4.5

Senior management

4.0

Compensation and benefits

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

Jun 4, 2023

2 Year personal feeling at Waymo

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great people around you. The overall engineering quality is very good in Waymo. Sharp to understand each other, and good communication to collaborate. - Large amount of projects to choose. Self-driving has large amount of long tail problems to solve, and usually no general solution, could be challenge for any of them. - Solid infrastructure tools to use.

Cons

- Scope maybe limited, large effort may be required to resolve a small set of problem. - Occasionally urgent requirements comes in, distracted between large amount of projects.

3.0

Apr 5, 2023

Almost a perfect job

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Good teammates * Smart people * Good pay * Good benefits

Cons

* No growth: Most people get stock at some level. * No transparency: When decided to join Waymo, they told us that there were planning to continue growing and had enough funding for the next couple of years. A few months later many of us got an email that our position had been eliminated. * Good severance package

2.0

Mar 8, 2023

Good people, poor management

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most people are smart and nice. Good mission. Google tech stack.

Cons

Many good people managers left the company over the years, whereas some not-so-good ones stayed.

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