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Staff ML Lead: Perception, Fine-Tuning & Model Releases

Neura Market

Waymo, a leading autonomous driving technology company, seeks a senior ML/CV leader to guide multi-billion parameter model fine-tuning and production release. You will architect distillation of expert models, manage deployments, and build high-performing teams while shaping the technical roadmap and OKRs. Requirements include 5+ years in ML/CV, 2+ years leading ML teams, strong Python and PyTorch/JAX skills; C++ and real-time systems experience are a plus. #J-18808-Ljbffr Neura Market

Vacancy posted 2 days ago
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