Senior Backend Engineer, Security

Waymo•Mountain View, CA
•$213,000 - $263,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states. Want to build the next generation of infrastructure for driverless cars? Join the Waymo Commercialization team, and help design the future of transportation! We are looking for a passionate SWE who wants to help build the systems that manage and optimize Waymo’s fleet management systems. The ideal candidate is someone who can be self-sufficient and product-minded. You will be working on cross-cutting problems that will require strong cross-team collaboration, both technically (security, cloud backends, and the Waymo Driver) and functionally (operations, product, legal, partnerships, policy & privacy) to develop and deliver business critical infrastructure. You will: Help build and evolve one or more mission-critical commercialization tools and systems Collaborate with Product, Security, and other engineering teams to develop systems and processes as business needs grow and evolve Solve hard, real-world problems such as vehicle profile, secure parts transactions, vehicle configuration and build key security infrastructure.

Requirements

  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • 7+ years of backend/infra experience
  • Strong knowledge with security concepts (encryption, authentication,Identity, secure communication protocols, access control)

Nice To Haves

  • Compiled language experience (C++, Java or Go)
  • Experience building microservices
  • Knowledge of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) concepts such as: X.509, CSR generation and signing, Certificate hierarchy, secure key storage
  • Knowledge of symmetric key generation, derivation and storage
  • HSM / Hardware backed secure key generation and storage
  • KDF - AES, HMAC
  • End to end Secure key provisioning
  • Knowledge of cryptography, including cryptographic key types, cryptographic Algorithms

Responsibilities

  • Help build and evolve one or more mission-critical commercialization tools and systems
  • Collaborate with Product, Security, and other engineering teams to develop systems and processes as business needs grow and evolve
  • Solve hard, real-world problems such as vehicle profile, secure parts transactions, vehicle configuration and build key security infrastructure.

Benefits

  • Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
  • equity incentive plan
  • generous Company benefits program
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