Senior Software Engineer, Supply Infrastructure

Waymo LLC; Portland (ME); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Waymo LLC in Portland, ME is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and operate the systems that power the Waymo Driver fleet.

This hybrid role reports to an Engineering Manager and requires cross-team collaboration with product, UX, operations, legal and partnerships to deliver scalable backend infrastructure.

You will work on backend services, orchestration, and fleet optimization tools, with emphasis on reliability, performance, and security.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve mission-critical tools and systems that allow Waymo to scale and serve new markets.
• Solve hard real-world problems related to orchestration and optimization of the fleet of autonomous vehicles.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, and other engineers to design and develop internal user-facing products.
• Ship solutions to novel problems that arise in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Backend engineering

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

C++

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 Worlds 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.

Want to build the next generation of infrastructure for driverless cars? Join our Waymo's Supply Optimization Infrastructure team, and help us design the future of transportation! We are looking for a passionate Senior SWE who wants to help build the systems that improve Waymo's core 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

• Build and evolve mission-critical tools and systems that allow Waymo to scale and serve new markets.
• Solve hard real-world problems related to orchestration and optimization of the fleet of autonomous vehicles.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, and other engineers to design and develop internal user-facing products.
• Ship solutions to novel problems that arise in a fast-paced environment

You Have

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