Senior Fleet Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Equity Eligible

Waymo; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 251,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity incentives

Benefits program

Job summary

Waymo is seeking a Software Reliability Engineer to design and operate reliable, scalable systems for autonomous vehicle operations. You will lead end-to-end availability, build observability, and automate critical workflows to prevent outages that could affect vehicle launches or maintenance.

The role requires 8+ years in software reliability, with hands-on experience in C++, Java, or Python, and a track record of leading cross-functional initiatives. Travel to Bay Area may be required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience architecting and maintaining mission-critical systems in C++, Java, or Python.
• Proven depth and breadth in software reliability, as the go-to expert for resolving highly complex failures.
• Led reliability programs for complex systems (autonomous, cloud, or large-scale web services).
• Experience aligning vision, strategy, and priorities across multiple organizations.
• Influence beyond own area; provide input to decision makers shaping program direction.
• Led cross-functional initiatives between Engineering and Dev teams.
• History of developing leadership within teams, including mentoring engineers.
• Bachelor's degree or 10+ years in a high-growth environment with leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Waymo production expert, and collaborate with other engineers to build reliable systems for autonomous vehicle operations, including depot logistics, automation flow, and critical vehicle state infrastructure.
• Manage end-to-end availability and performance for core fleet services, ensuring we have enough usable vehicle supply available to meet targeted user demand, and developing observability and automation to support this goal.
• Write designs and implement software to improve system architecture, telemetry or deployment for fleet-specific mission-critical services, preventing outages that could hinder vehicle launch or maintenance.
• Provide technical leadership and direction while troubleshooting highly complex system reliability issues and managing technical debt.
• Arbitrate in cases of technical disagreement among team members, SREs, SWE partners, and PMs to set global architectural guidelines.
• Lead cross-functional and cross-organizational collaborations to integrate disparate projects and processes into widely-reusable components and services.
• Champion operational excellence and blameless retrospectives, mentoring and developing leadership within the team to ensure efficient delivery of the vision.
• Drive operational standards for fleet and supply infrastructure by leading incident response efforts. You’ll participate in a sustainable on-call rotation, while championing a culture of blameless retrospectives to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

C++

Java

Python

SRE

Reliability engineering

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s or PhD in CS/CE

Job description

Waymo is seeking a Software Reliability Engineer to design and operate reliable, scalable systems for autonomous vehicle operations. You will lead end-to-end availability, build observability, and automate critical workflows to prevent outages that could affect vehicle launches or maintenance.

The role requires 8+ years in software reliability, with hands-on experience in C++, Java, or Python, and a track record of leading cross-functional initiatives. Travel to Bay Area may be required.