Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable Infra & World Simulation

Waymo LLC; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 213,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Waymo LLC is seeking a backend/infrastructure engineer to build and scale mission-critical horizontal infrastructure for commercialization systems. The role emphasizes cross-team collaboration across mobile apps, cloud backends, and policy/privacy areas.

You will report to an Engineering Manager in a hybrid role, contributing to world simulation, regression testing, and fleet management services for autonomous vehicles.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of backend or infrastructure experience.

Responsibilities

• Help build and evolve mission-critical horizontal infrastructure and tooling that underpins all commercialization systems.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to develop systems and processes as business needs grow and evolve.
• Scale our systems to meet the demands of commercial expansion and growing complexity.
• Solve hard, real-world problems such as world simulation for regression testing and evaluation of software services managing fleets for autonomous vehicles.

Skills

C++

Backend infra

Education

BS in CS or equivalent

Tools

Operations tooling

Job description

Waymo LLC is seeking a backend/infrastructure engineer to build and scale mission-critical horizontal infrastructure for commercialization systems. The role emphasizes cross-team collaboration across mobile apps, cloud backends, and policy/privacy areas.

You will report to an Engineering Manager in a hybrid role, contributing to world simulation, regression testing, and fleet management services for autonomous vehicles.