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.

Want to build the next generation of infrastructure for driverless cars?

Join our Waymo Simulation team, and help us design the future of transportation! We are looking for a passionate Senior SWE who wants to help build the systems that improve Waymo's core simulation systems.

In this hybrid role, you will report to an Engineering Director.

You will:

• Help build and evolve one or more mission-critical commercialization tools and systems

• Solve hard, real-world problems such as demand planning, pickup / dropoff optimization, fleet optimization, field escalation handling, and more

• Hire and manage a team of engineers

• Collaborate with US peers to work on the next generation of AI-driven UI for an internal simulation tool

• Building a full-stack product using Alphabet tech stack

• Improve / monitor the performance, scalability and the reliability of the simulator

You have:

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development

• Hands-on experience building a popular (internal or external-facing) product

• Strong experience of technical leadership and communication skills

• Strong development proficiency in C++, Python, or Angular

We prefer:

• You have experience working in a distributed organization with US teams

• Previous management experience

• Strong experience working on backend or full stack products, and is willing to expand to both

• Experience developing products that use LLM