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.
The Reasoning Foundations Team builds horizontal technology that has an extremely broad impact across the Waymo organization. You will have impact on scaling our Waymo Driver's performance as Waymo expands to more cities. We have a wide reaching impact into both onboard and off-board system architecture, paving the way for future-looking deep-learning-based explorations.
In this hybrid role, you will report to a Senior Staff Engineering Manager.
You will:
- Develop foundational frameworks and software architectures that enable advancement of the Waymo Driver's capabilities.
- Identify and improve core APIs
- Work cross-functionally, ranging from evaluations to novel deep learning applications.
- Improve the reliability of the stack and ensure efficient execution of onboard algorithms.
You have:
- BS in Computer Science, Robotics, or similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of Software Engineering experience, demonstrated proficiency with optimizing runtime C++ code
- Hands-on experience designing scalable software architectures for complex systems
- Experience debugging and improving live, production systems
- Fluency in data-driven development
We prefer:
- Experience building data pipelines
- Experience improving developer workflows - identifying and improving inefficiencies and establishing strategies for common use cases
- Experience in self-driving/related robotics domains
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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
$158,000—$200,000 USD
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.
