Senior Software Engineer, Mission Planning

Waymo LLC; Warsaw (IN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Waymo LLC in Indiana is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in backend and infrastructure to help build mission-critical systems that support Waymo's commercialization efforts.

You will collaborate across mobile apps, cloud backends, and operations, bringing experience with distributed systems and C++. This hybrid role reports to an Engineering Manager and focuses on scalable, reliable infrastructure for the Waymo Driver ecosystem.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of backend or infrastructure experience.
• Experience with distributed systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Help build and evolve mission-critical infrastructure and tooling underpinning commercialization systems.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to develop scalable systems and processes.
• Scale systems to meet commercial expansion and growing complexity.
• Solve real-world problems like world simulation for regression testing of autonomous-vehicle software services.

Skills

Backend engineering

Infrastructure

Distributed systems

C++

Education

BS in Computer Science

Job description

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's 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’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

Join our Waymo Mission Planning team, and help us design the future of transportation! We are looking for a passionate Software Engineer who wants to help build the systems that improve Waymo's core ride hailing and fleet management systems.

You are someone who is product-minded. You will work on cross-cutting problems to require cross-team collaboration, both technically (mobile app, cloud backends, and the Waymo Driver) and functionally (operations, product, legal, partnerships, policy & privacy) to develop and deliver business critical infrastructure.

In this hybrid role, you will report to an Engineering Manager.

You will:

• 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
• Help 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

You have:

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

We prefer:

• Experience with C++ (or a Willingness to participate in professional development activities to stay current on industry knowledge)
• Experience working in environments including nontechnical team members
• Experience with operations tooling, developer productivity, or developer tools

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