Waymo · 3 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, Simulation, Vehicle & Autonomous Driving Realism
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. In this role, you will work closely with onboard and research engineers to scale simulation and enable critical Waymo milestones while ensuring the performance and reliability of the simulator.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Work closely with onboard and research engineers to scale simulation and enable critical Waymo milestones
Support development, testing and evolution of mapping data in the simulator
Improve / monitor the performance, scalability and the reliability of the simulator
Design the long term architecture to fit the product to an increasing number of internal customers
Qualification
Required
Hands-on experience building a popular (internal or external-facing) product
5+ years of experience with backend knowledge such as workflows, databases, SQL, production monitoring, etc
Strong in C++
Preferred
Experience with the release of software in a highly distributed heterogeneous execution environment
Experience with systems programming (game engines, database, OS, distributed)
Experience with ML Agent development
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
H1B Sponsorship
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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
Recent News
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