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Waymo · 16 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer, Simulation, Vehicle & Autonomous Driving Realism

positionMountain View, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$204K/yr - $259K/yr
date5+ years exp

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The role involves working closely with engineers to scale simulation and improve the performance and reliability of the simulator for the Waymo Driver.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

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

C++Backend developmentSQLProduction monitoringMachine LearningSystems programmingGame enginesDistributed systems

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

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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.
dateFounded in 2009
location
Mountain View, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://waymo.com

H1B Sponsorship

Waymo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (231)
2024 (175)
2023 (268)
2022 (306)
2021 (298)
2020 (317)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$11.1B
Key Investors
Alphabet
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
2020-05-12Series A· $750M

Leadership Team

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Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Annabel Chang
Head of State Policy & Government Relations
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