Senior Backend Architect — Equity & Bonus Eligible

Waymo LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 251,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Waymo is seeking a backend-focused engineer to join the Booking team, building scalable core services that power the front door to Waymo’s Marketplace. You’ll enable users to hail and control Waymo’s autonomous vehicles through reliable, low-latency APIs.

As part of a small team with big plans, you will collaborate with iOS/Android engineers, product managers, UX researchers, and data scientists to deliver high-impact ride-hailing features and integrations for internal and external partners.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Work on a small team designing, building, and maintaining highly scalable core services that are the front door to Waymo’s Marketplace.
• 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.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

C++ in production

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Waymo is seeking a backend-focused engineer to join the Booking team, building scalable core services that power the front door to Waymo’s Marketplace. You’ll enable users to hail and control Waymo’s autonomous vehicles through reliable, low-latency APIs.

As part of a small team with big plans, you will collaborate with iOS/Android engineers, product managers, UX researchers, and data scientists to deliver high-impact ride-hailing features and integrations for internal and external partners.