Waymo · 8 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, Simulator Evaluation
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
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. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build metrics and systems for evaluating their complex simulator, ensuring it provides a trustworthy representation of reality.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Architect the Eval Rubrik: You will develop novel methodologies to evaluate the simulator across the stack. You will distinguish between true driving challenges and realism artifacts—whether it’s a logic gap, a physics glitch, or a model hallucination
Build at Scale: You will design and implement high-throughput pipelines (C++/Python) capable of processing massive datasets of simulation logs. You will turn raw, noisy data into clear, actionable signals
The "Critic" for the System: You will partner closely with AI research and other simulation teams, as the eval workflows you build will drive rapid innovation and research roadmaps
Strategic Leadership: You will navigate ambiguity to determine what matters most for realism. You will lead the strategy for specific domains, ensuring our evaluation evolves as fast as our simulation technology
Qualification
Required
5+ years of software development experience
Proficiency in Python or C++, with experience building scalable data processing systems or evaluation frameworks
Strong software design principles: you write clean, testable code that is built to last
A 'Data Detective' mindset: You can look at a distribution of outcomes and intuitively spot anomalies, selection bias, or system errors
Experience designing and implementing evaluation frameworks for complex systems or machine learning models
Comfort working with complex, hybrid systems. You understand how to evaluate different types of 'black boxes,' whether they are heuristic-based, physics-based, or learned models
Preferred
Background in fields that blend code, math, and simulation: Autonomous Vehicles, Algorithmic Trading, AdTech/Search Ranking, Machine Learning, or Robotics
Experience with SQL and the Python data stack (Pandas, NumPy, SciPy)
Familiarity with evaluating Generative AI / LLMs or experience with agent-based modeling and behavioral logic
Experience taking a metric from 'research concept' to 'production pipeline.'
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
$27.1BKey Investors
Dragoneer Investment Group,DST Global,Sequoia CapitalAlphabetFidelity,Perry Creek Capital,T. Rowe Price
2026-02-02Series D· $16B
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
Leadership Team
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Annabel Chang
Director of U.S. State and Local Public Policy and Political Campaigns
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