Waymo vs Palantir: who is hiring more, and for what
Side by side from both companies' own careers feeds, refreshed every 6 hours.
Waymo has 359 open roles to Palantir's 321. Waymo posted more in the last 30 days (105 against 14). Waymo's largest function is Engineering (39% of open roles); Palantir's is Engineering (45%). On posted base ranges, Waymo's median midpoint is $238k against $152k at Palantir.
| Waymo | Palantir | |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles | 359 | 321 |
| New in 7 days | 37 | 9 |
| New in 30 days | 105 | 14 |
| Leadership seats open | 5 | 0 |
| Remote-friendly share | 3% | 0% |
| Research share of roles | 10% | 1% |
| Go-to-market share of roles | 6% | 17% |
| Median posted salary range (USD) | $213k to $263k | $135k to $170k |
| Research roles | 36 | 2 |
| Engineering roles | 142 | 145 |
| Infrastructure roles | 60 | 61 |
| Data roles | 20 | 0 |
| Product & Design roles | 12 | 16 |
| Go-to-market roles | 20 | 56 |
| Operations roles | 57 | 41 |
Newest at Waymo
- 2027 Summer Intern, BS, Depot Automation San Francisco, California
- 2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Machine Learning Research 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
Newest at Palantir
- Contract Operations Palo Alto, CA
- Contract Operations Washington, D.C.
- Contract Operations Denver, CO
- Contract Operations New York, NY
- Software Engineer – Query Engines New York, NY
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.