Waymo · 14 hours ago
Software Engineer, Simulator Evaluation
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$170K/yr - $216K/yr
2+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. They are seeking a Software Engineer to build metrics and pipelines for evaluating their complex simulator environment, focusing on processing simulation logs and ensuring the simulator's accuracy.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)TransportationAutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensor
Responsibilities
Implement Evaluation Metrics and mine Datasets: You will translate mathematical concepts and product requirements into robust, efficient code (C++/Python). You will implement metrics that measure everything from agent rule compliance (e.g., "Did it stop at the red light?") to the statistical quality of AI-generated traffic. You will use a variety of methods to mine from Waymo's enormous corpse of driving logs to select the most relevant examples to evaluate the simulator on
Build Scalable Pipelines: You will own key components of our data processing infrastructure. You will write and maintain the pipelines that ingest simulation logs, compute metrics at scale, and surface results to the broader engineering team
Analyze & Debug: You will act as the first line of defense for simulation quality. You will dig into metric results to distinguish between genuine regressions (e.g., a code bug causing cars to stall) and evaluation noise
Collaborate & Iterate: You will work closely with Tech Leads to refine our evaluation capabilities, quickly prototyping new ideas and hardening them for production use
Qualification
Required
2+ years of industry experience in software development
Solid proficiency in Python or C++, with experience writing clean, testable, and maintainable production code
Experience with version control, code review, and debugging complex systems
You are comfortable working with data
You know how to query a dataset (SQL/Pandas), visualize a result, and sanity-check your own metrics
You have a curiosity for 'why' the numbers look the way they do
You are excited to work in a hybrid environment where you might evaluate a physics engine one day and a generative model the next
Preferred
Experience with data processing frameworks (e.g., MapReduce, Flume, Spark), data analysis libraries (Pandas, NumPy), or machine learning
Background in Autonomous driving, Robotics, Simulation, or AdTech
Familiarity with basic statistics or machine learning concepts
Experience validating software performance or quality (e.g., building test infrastructure)
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
Alphabet,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
Recent News
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