About this role
Job title: Senior Software Engineer, Chassis
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.
The Chassis Team is responsible for horizontal infrastructure that underpins all Commercialization systems. This includes:
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Critical backend systems - the platforms that power everything from trip matching to depot automation
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Horizontal functionality - eg. world simulation for regression testing and evaluation purposes
We are looking for someone who is solution-oriented. You will work on cross-cutting problems that require cross-team collaboration, both technically (mobile app, cloud backends, and the Waymo Driver) and functionally (operations, product, legal, partnerships, policy & privacy) to develop and deliver business critical infrastructure.
In this hybrid role, you will report to an Engineering Manager.
You will:
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Help build and evolve mission-critical horizontal infrastructure and tooling that underpins all commercialization systems
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Collaborate with other engineering teams to develop systems and processes as business needs grow and evolve
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Scale our systems to meet the demands of commercial expansion and growing complexity
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Solve hard, real-world problems such as world simulation for regression testing and evaluation of software services managing fleets for autonomous vehicles
You have:
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BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
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3+ years of backend or infrastructure experience
We prefer:
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Experience with C++
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Experience working in environments including nontechnical team members
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Experience with operations tooling, developer productivity, or developer tools
Salary Range
$213,000—$263,000 USD