Overview
Business
Self-driving cars
Founded
17 years ago
Jan 17, 2009
Employees
3,000
TrueUp
Rank
#260
Valuation
$126 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#60
Company type
Private - Venture-Backed
Tags
Waymo is a Self-driving cars company with 373 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
373
TrueUp
Rank
#98
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
198
(53%)
2.
Artificial Intelligence
61
(16%)
3.
Business Operations & Program Management
60
(16%)
4.
Marketing & Growth
23
(6%)
5.
Engineering (Hardware)
22
(6%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
馃嚭馃嚫 United States
320
(86%)
2.
馃嚭馃嚫 San Francisco Bay Area
301
(81%)
3.
馃嚭馃嚫 New York City
31
(8%)
4.
馃嚞馃嚙 London, UK
25
(7%)
5.
馃嚞馃嚙 United Kingdom
25
(7%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
C++
171
(46%)
2.
Python
150
(40%)
3.
SQL
78
(21%)
4.
LLM
51
(14%)
5.
JAX
45
(12%)
Financials
Valuation
$126billion
Tech Unicorn
Last round - Feb 2026
Most recent funding
5 months ago ($16.0 billion)
Total funding
$27.1 billion
Actual value 'created' (valuation - total funding)
+$98.9 billion
Valuation per employee
$42.0 million
TrueUp
Rank
#125
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
Waymo Org Chart

Rankings and awards

TIME100 Most Influential Companies
Transportation
2026

Fast Company's Most Innovative #1
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 #1
Overall
2025
Layoffs
Jan 2023 路 3 years ago
Policies
Open jobs that are remote
2% (9 jobs)
H1B sponsorships (2025)
158
TrueUp
Rank
#77
