Senior Software Engineer at Waymo
San Francisco, California
Waymo
Senior Software Engineer
Mountain View, California, USA
Senior Software Engineer
December 2013 to June 2014
Mountain View, California, USA
Software Engineer
July 2012 to November 2013
Mountain View, California, USA
Software Engineer
October 2010 to June 2012
London, United Kingdom
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Gameplay Programmer
November 2008 to July 2010
Digital Extremes
Game Programmer
January 2007 to January 2008
Cosmic Infinity
Programmer
September 2005 to August 2006
University of Toronto Schools
IT Technician
January 2005 to April 2005
Defence Research and Development Canada – Toronto
Help Desk/Web Database Support Technician
May 2004 to August 2004
University of Waterloo
Resident Computer Consultant
September 2003 to April 2004
Senior Software Engineer, Google X (now Waymo)
June 2014 to December 2016
Mountain View, California, USA
Writing software for Waymo's self-driving car, focused on:2017/06 - present : onboard planning and control2014/06 - 2017/06 : simulation and testing infrastructure Writing software for Waymo's self-driving car, focused on:2017/06 - present : onboard planning and control2014/06 - 2017/06 : simulation and testing infrastructure
What company does Alex McCarthy work for?
Alex McCarthy works for Waymo
What is Alex McCarthy's role at Waymo?
Alex McCarthy is Senior Software Engineer
What industry does Alex McCarthy work in?
Alex McCarthy works in the Computer Software industry.
Who are Alex McCarthy's colleagues?
Alex McCarthy's colleagues are Guillaume Dupre, Ben Pitzer, Zhinan Xu, Megan Olea, Tim Parkhurst, Michael Alyono, Kyla Purvis, Steffen Gutmann, John Carey, and Ganesh Balachandran
💼 Past Experience
Alex McCarthy has experience working on software for Google's self-driving car. They worked on onboard planning and control software, simulation and testing infrastructure, and wrote a C++/STL tool used by 200+ employees worldwide. McCarthy also worked on developing a C#/Java tool used by 200+ employees worldwide and mentored junior programmers. They also ran scrums as Scrum Master for Waymo and resolved diverse network, hardware, and software problems.
🎓 Education
Alex McCarthy has a BCS from the University of Waterloo where he earned a Computer Science degree. McCarthy then completed a MBA from the University ofToronto in 2008.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
.Alex McCarthy has a wide range of technical, interpersonal, and managerial experiences.As a Senior Software Engineer at Waymo, McCarthy is responsible for developing software for the self-driving car company. While at Waymo, McCarthy wrote code for the onboard planning and control subsystem, as well as for simulating and testing infrastructure. In December 2013, McCarthy joined Google from 7 months as a Senior Software Engineer at the company, working on various software features for Google Play game services. McCarthy also worked at Google from July 2012 to November 2013, serving as the Tech Lead of the push notification team. In October 2010, McCarthy moved to London, United Kingdom and filled the role of Tech Lead at Digital Extremes. There, McCarthy designed and created a critically acclaimed dual-wield gameplay system, as well as created and maintained a working remotely after returning to university. McCarthy also interned at Cosmic Infinity in September 2005 and worked there for 4 months. McCarthy currently works as a Software Engineer at Beeline Interactive Canada, Inc. There, McCarthy continues to provide technical support to users of varying technical ability with general computer issues. McCarthy is also a Senior Software Engineer at Waymo where he works on the development of the self-driving car. McCarthy has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto.
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