Overview
Business
Self-driving cars
Founded
17 years ago
Jan 17, 2009
Employees
3,000
Valuation
$126 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#59
Company type
Private - Venture-Backed
Tags
Waymo is a Self-driving cars company with 430 job openings. It is currently valued at $126 billion as a private company. 3,000 people work at Waymo. The company was founded in 2009.
Jobs
Open jobs
430
TrueUp
Rank
#82
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
215
(50%)
2.
Artificial Intelligence
60
(14%)
3.
Business Operations & Program Management
58
(13%)
4.
Engineering (Hardware)
22
(5%)
5.
Vertical Specific
17
(4%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
🇺🇸 United States
340
(79%)
2.
🇺🇸 San Francisco Bay Area
310
(72%)
3.
🇺🇸 New York City
30
(7%)
4.
🇬🇧 London, UK
27
(6%)
5.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
27
(6%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
C++
184
(43%)
2.
Python
151
(35%)
3.
SQL
72
(17%)
4.
LLM
52
(12%)
5.
PyTorch
46
(11%)
Financials
Valuation
$126billion
Tech Unicorn
Last round - Feb 2026
Most recent funding
4 months ago ($16.0 billion)
Total funding
$27.1 billion
Value 'created' (valuation - total funding)
+$98.9 billion
Valuation per employee
$42.0 million
TrueUp
Rank
#120
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
70%
200+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Better than 60% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov
86%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
People
Employees
3,000
Waymo Org Chart
Rankings and awards
TIME100 Most Influential Companies
Transportation
2026
Fast Company's Most Innovative
Automotive
2026
TIME Best Inventions
Waymo Driver
2025
TIME100 Most Influential Companies
2025
Exceptional Startups List (by Tyler Hogge)
2025
Fast Company's Most Innovative
Overall
2025
More rankings Layoffs
Jan 2023 · 3 years ago
Policies
Open jobs that are remote
2% (9 jobs)
H1B sponsorships approved (2025)
44
TrueUp
Rank
#42
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