Software Engineer
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.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or a related field and 24 months of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
- 24 months of experience in distributed systems.
- 24 months of experience in C++.
- 24 months of experience in Data Engineering.
- 24 months of experience in Program management for technology based products.
- 24 months of experience in Object oriented analysis and design.
- 24 months of experience in advanced algorithms, multi-threading, data mining, APIs, and MapReduce.
- 24 months of experience in Flume.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of Waymo engineers responsible for Waymo software development projects.
- Develop and manage the infrastructure for logging collection and data ingestion at Waymo.
- Onboard logging collection infrastructure, which involves working with data formats, APIs, and libraries.
- Design and implement data ingestion pipelines, including uploader modules over LTE/WiFi/wired connections, temporary storage, and post-upload data processing infrastructure.
- Create and manage offboard components that facilitate onboard data collection and ingestion, such as quotas, sampling, and prioritized upload requests.
- Develop strategies and infrastructure that maximize the value of the limited data collected, considering multiple requirements, physical and budgetary constraints, safety, and regulatory requirements.
- Apply novel statistical sampling methods and machine learning.
- Work towards achieving operational readiness to scale the number of miles driven by orders of magnitude, focusing on reliability improvements and eliminating overheads that scale linearly with miles.
- Lead and manage a team of engineers responsible for developing Waymo's Logs & Data Acquisition infrastructure.
- Ensure alignment with strategy, provide mentorship, and offer career growth opportunities for more junior team members.
- Collaborate with partners and stakeholders across Waymo, including teams from Simulation, Planner, Perception, Analysis, Release Eval, Onboard Infra, Mapping, Ops, Hardware, Depot Infra, Legal, and Product to build joint strategies and roadmaps.
- Work to understand and improve the behavior of production systems, including instrumentation, bug fixes, provisioning, and reliability improvements.
- Enhance automation, code health, and technical debt while simplifying the system.
- Design and build new infrastructure features and provide support for partners and clients.
Benefits
- discretionary annual bonus program
- equity incentive plan
- generous Company benefits program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
