Senior Software Engineer Backend

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2 Locations
In-Office
204K-259K Annually
Automotive
The Role

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the 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 One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.

You will: 

  • Help build and evolve one or more mission-critical commercialization tools and systems
  • Collaborate with Product, 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 infrastructure.


You have: 

  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • 7+ years of backend/infra experience
  • Strong knowledge in building software applications at scale
  • TL or technical leadership skills
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguity, solving large, open-ended problems
  • Ability to think strategically and architecturally, while balancing short- and long-term needs


We Prefer: 

  • Compiled language experience (C++, Java or Go)
  • Experience building microservices
  • Familiarity with Google infrastructure (e.g. Flume, Borg, Protocol Buffers, OnePlatform)
  • Familiar with Key Store and RBAC
  • Spanner 
  • Experience working with frontend tech (e.g. Angular Typescript, Dart)

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process. 

Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements. 

Salary Range

$204,000$259,000 USD

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The Company
Mountain View, CA
2,359 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around. With the Waymo Driver, we can improve the world’s mobility while saving thousands of lives.
Waymo reaches out to candidates from official channels only (e.g. directly from @waymo.com email addresses, or through our recruiters or sourcers who are noted as such on LinkedIn). We do not contact candidates about career opportunities through instant messaging apps like Telegram, email addresses from domains other than waymo.com (such as Gmail addresses), direct messages on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, or text messages. Visit waymo.com to check out our official job listings.

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