The opportunity
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…
What you'll do
Architect for EU Compliance: Design and build data handling systems that satisfy strict GDPR requirements, "Right to be Forgotten" automation, and consent management frameworks for European riders.
Sensor Data Anonymization: Develop and optimize computer vision and ML pipelines to automatically detect and blur faces, license plates, and other PII from camera/Lidar data at the edge (on-vehicle) and in the cloud before it enters our training sets.
Privacy Infrastructure: Write scalable code (C++/Java/Kotlin) to enforce retention policies, access controls, and data minimization across Waymo’s distributed infrastructure.
Partner with Waymo’s Legal and Policy teams to translate complex regulatory: texts (e.g., the EU Data & AI Act) into concrete engineering specifications and system requirements.
Threat Modeling: Conduct privacy impact assessments (PIA) and threat modeling for new features, specifically focusing on cross-border data transfer risks and third-party vendor integration.
BS degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
What they're looking for
- + years of experience in software engineering with a focus on privacy, security, or data infrastructure.
- Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages (e.g., Python, C++, Java).
- Deep understanding of GDPR.
- Experience working with large-scale data processing frameworks (e.g., Flume,: MapReduce, etc..) and cloud infrastructure.
