Software Engineer, Booking

Waymo•Mountain View, CA

About The Position

The Booking team is responsible for some of the most critical, high-impact, user-facing flows in the app — directly enabling users to hail and control Waymo’s autonomous vehicles with industry-leading UX. We solve complex user-facing challenges: building intelligent scheduling features, supporting diverse hailing modalities beyond standard ride-hailing, designing intelligent search and suggestions, and creating many other offers and experiences that we can’t share just yet. We’re a small team with huge plans, and we’d love for you to join us!

Requirements

BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
4+ years of experience programming in backend coding languages.
Experience in building backend distributed systems.

Nice To Haves

Experience with C++ in a production environment.
MS in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience in developing low latency, large-scale, user facing distributed systems.
Familiarity with ride-hailing or marketplace consumer platforms.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, interest in partnering with mobile/frontend teams.
Experience at another Ride hailing or Marketplace company.

Responsibilities

Work on a small team designing, building, and maintaining highly scalable core services that are the front door to Waymo’s Marketplace.
Directly enable users to hail and control Waymo’s autonomous vehicles.
Ensure high reliability, low latency, and fault tolerance for critical infrastructure powering Waymo’s user-facing service.
Collaborate closely with Booking iOS & Android engineers, product managers, UX designers / researchers, and data scientists to bring novel autonomous ride-hailing features to market.
Architect APIs and systems that serve both internal and external partners.