Waymo
Waymo is a self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around. With the Waymo Driver, we can improve the world’s mobility while saving thousands of lives.
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- 2009
- Headcount
- 1,447
- Open roles
- 380
- Last raised
- Series D · Sign in to view
Inside Waymo
The world's most experienced driver — and they're hiring 399 people to scale it.
Waymo is the autonomous vehicle company spun out of Google X in 2016. The Waymo Driver — their fully autonomous system — operates commercial robotaxi service in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Austin. After closing a landmark $16B Series D in February 2026, Waymo is the most-funded autonomous vehicle company in history. They are #1 on Employbl by open headcount with 399 active roles spanning engineering, operations, policy, and hardware.
Why join Waymo now
- 399 open roles — #1 on Employbl by open headcount
- $16B Series D closed February 2026
- Commercial robotaxi live in SF, Phoenix, and Austin
- 1,400+ employees scaling every function simultaneously
- Alphabet-backed with unparalleled compute and infrastructure access
Hiring
399 open roles as of June 2026 — the most of any single company on Employbl. The surge follows the $16B Series D close in February 2026.
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Culture
Safety-first culture that takes its mission literally. Waymo publishes detailed safety data and holds itself to higher standards than human drivers. Teams are highly technical, mission-aligned, and think in decade-long timescales. The company attracts people who want to work on one of the most consequential technology problems of the era.
Common misconception
Q: Is Waymo still part of Google/Alphabet? A: Waymo operates as an independent company but remains majority-owned by Alphabet. They have their own executive team and capital structure, but benefit from Alphabet's compute, research, and infrastructure access. Q: What roles are most in demand? A: Engineering (autonomy, infrastructure, robotics, hardware), operations in SF/Phoenix/Austin, ML researchers, policy and government affairs, and business development. Genuine opportunities at every level. Q: Is it remote-friendly? A: Most engineering roles are hybrid with significant in-office time in Mountain View (HQ) or San Francisco. Operations roles are on-site. A subset of software roles have geographic flexibility. Q: What is the culture like? A: Mission-driven and safety-obsessed. Employees cite the clarity of purpose — building something that could save tens of thousands of lives — as what sets Waymo apart. The pace is intense and the problems are genuinely hard. Q: What does joining during this hiring ramp mean for my career? A: Joining during a major expansion is typically career-accelerating. Teams are being built, processes defined, and early employees tend to have outsized ownership and visibility.
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$16B Series D closed February 2026 — one of the largest private funding rounds in technology history. Total capital raised exceeds $11B prior to this round. The scale of the round reflects investor conviction that autonomous vehicles have crossed the threshold from R&D to commercial viability, and that Waymo is positioned to scale it globally.
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Waymo Headquarters Location
1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA, 94043-1351