OpenAI vs Waymo: who is hiring more, and for what
Side by side from both companies' own careers feeds, refreshed every 6 hours.
OpenAI has 835 open roles to Waymo's 359. OpenAI posted more in the last 30 days (284 against 105). OpenAI's largest function is Engineering (34% of open roles); Waymo's is Engineering (39%). On posted base ranges, OpenAI's median midpoint is $311k against $238k at Waymo. OpenAI is far more open to remote work (67% of roles against 3%).
| OpenAI | Waymo | |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles | 835 | 359 |
| New in 7 days | 93 | 37 |
| New in 30 days | 284 | 105 |
| Leadership seats open | 13 | 5 |
| Remote-friendly share | 67% | 3% |
| Research share of roles | 7% | 10% |
| Go-to-market share of roles | 21% | 6% |
| Median posted salary range (USD) | $252k to $370k | $213k to $263k |
| Research roles | 57 | 36 |
| Engineering roles | 290 | 142 |
| Infrastructure roles | 128 | 60 |
| Data roles | 23 | 20 |
| Product & Design roles | 24 | 12 |
| Go-to-market roles | 176 | 20 |
| Operations roles | 130 | 57 |
Newest at OpenAI
- Platform Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) San Francisco
- Data Center Hardware Quality & Reliability Engineer San Francisco
- Software Engineer, DevOps San Francisco
- Strategic Delivery Lead, Cyber Washington, DC
- Research Lead, Policy Communications San Francisco
Newest at Waymo
- 2027 Summer Intern, BS, Depot Automation San Francisco, California
- 2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Machine Learning Research, Planning/Prediction Mountain View, CA, USA
- 2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Perception Systems Engineering: Pedestrian Detection Precision San Francisco, California
- Talent Acquisition Operations, Program Manager Mountain View, CA, USA
- 2027 Summer Intern, BS, Software Engineer, Driver Refinement Foundations Mountain View, CA, USA
Shares are fractions of open roles. Salary is the median of posted base ranges in USD. Full company scorecards, hiring velocity and closed roles for every company are in Pro. AI salaries · Hiring index.