Senior Product Data Scientist, Pickups & Dropoffs

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's Most Experienced Driver -to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo's fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

Waymo's Product Data Science team works cross-functionally with Engineering, Product and Operations to help the company make the most informed decisions using data. Our team collaborates on high-impact projects across the company - from driving quality and operational efficiency to market analysis and rider satisfaction scores - we help to safely and efficiently scale the Waymo Driver. We are data-driven, curious, open-minded, and adapt quickly to new information.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to the Manager of Product Data Science.

You will:

• Work with Product & Engineering stakeholders to understand and improve Waymo's pickup & dropoff (aka "PuDo") performance across various contexts
• Run experiments to ensure that new driving behaviors are creating the intended improvements for our riders
• Build ML models to identify anomalous PuDo behavior
• Develop metrics that clarify what a 'good' PuDo is in various contexts, and collaborate with data engineers to ensure metric availability
• Help us improve and validate performance for Airport PuDos as we scale to more airports
• Conduct deep dive analysis to identify areas for future improvement

Do you have experience in Stakeholder relationship building?, * Coding skills (Python & SQL)

• Experience with A/B testing & Product Development
• ML Experience
• Proficiency in data pipeline development
• At least 5 years of industry experience
• Strong Communication and Stakeholder & Management skills

We prefer:

• SF Bay Area based
• Experience with geospatial data

Travel requirements:

• Potential to travel to pre-launch Waymo territories

3.13.1 out of 5 stars Mountain View, CA Hybrid work $196,000 - $242,000 a year