Waymo · 2 days ago
Senior Software Engineer, Configuration & Experiments
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$204K/yr - $259K/yr
5+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The Senior Software Engineer will design, implement, and maintain large-scale backend services that deliver configurations and features to a fleet of autonomous vehicles, ensuring safe and effective deployment of new features.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain the large-scale backend services that deliver configurations and features to a large, real-world fleet of autonomous vehicles
Help build and evolve one or more mission-critical commercialization tools and systems as we scale and serve new markets
Collaborate with Product, Ops, Data Science, and other teams to develop systems as our needs grow and evolve
Implement robust configuration rollout processes to manage the complexity of updating the fleet of Waymo vehicles as we scale up and deploy in new markets
Enable launching new features in a safe way - evaluation, A/B testing, gradual rollouts
Qualification
Required
5+ years of professional software engineering experience
3+ years of experience working on large-scale distributed systems
Proven track record of driving collaboration effectively across organizational boundaries and the ability to partner across organizational boundaries to optimize workflows and drive strategic alignment
Strong ability to document technical designs, processes, and communicate clearly with cross-functional teams
A commitment to system safety and reliability, with experience in developing mechanisms to detect and prevent the impact of configuration or software failures in a high-stakes environment
Preferred
Interested in interacting with other teams to understand their needs and propose infrastructure solutions
Experience with C++
Track record of successfully executing forward looking ambitious bets
Familiarity with Google infrastructure (e.g. Borg, Protocol Buffers, Spanner)
Benefits
Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program
Company
Waymo
Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developing self-driving solutions for travelers and daily commuters. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$11.1BKey Investors
Alphabet
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
2020-05-12Series A· $750M
Leadership Team
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Annabel Chang
Head of State Policy & Government Relations
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