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 You have: • 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

: • Potential to travel to pre-launch Waymo territories The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and