Sr. Software Engineer, Backend

Waymo • Mountain View, CA

74d • $204,000 - $259,000

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. The platforms team is seeking a senior software engineer to mature the infrastructure supporting one of Waymo’s driving simulation technologies. This simulation system runs in a configuration as similar as possible to the real vehicle, on the same compute hardware as the vehicle. Incorporating the vehicle’s compute system enables high-fidelity simulations that can find performance and reliability issues, and can accurately simulate fault responses and system mode transitions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience delivering complex, production-quality web services.
• Proficiency in C++ and a scripting language like Python.
• Experience managing Linux systems.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience driving change in very large codebases.
• Experience with software that interfaces with embedded systems.
• Familiarity with ansible or a similar fleet orchestration tool.
• Familiarity with operating systems concepts like networking and filesystems.

Responsibilities

• Improve backend web services that support simulations, including quota management and integration with systems that perform simulation preprocessing and postprocessing.
• Improve tools used by data center technicians to provision new systems and manage systems that require maintenance, enhancing visibility into onsite systems.
• Improve tools to manage colocated machines that control power and cooling for embedded hardware systems.
• Track and drive improvements to simulation efficiency.

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus program
• Equity incentive plan
• Generous Company benefits program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees