Principal Software Engineer, Waymo

• If you're a software engineer or researcher who's curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we'd like to meet you
• Want to build the next generation of infrastructure for driverless cars?
• You are someone who is product-minded
• 10+ years of experience in Technical leadership in dynamic, large-scale software development with an emphasis on backend and distributed systems
• Leadership in navigating ambiguous complexities and driving outcomes in highly cross-functional contexts often crossing multiple team boundaries
• Habitually data-driven approach to problem identification, prioritization, and solution evaluation
• Ability to balance short-term needs against long-term goals

Desirable

• The Waymo Commercialization team works on our public, fully autonomous ride-hailing service. Riders can use the Waymo app to hail one of our vehicles (with no human driver in the front seat!) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Our riders get a clean vehicle every time and a Driver with more than 20 million miles of experience on public roads
• You will work on problems requiring 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
• You will report to our Commercialization Engineering Lead
• Drive the architectural vision and implementation of scalable Fleet software of scalable Fleet software for automating management of Waymo operations
• Collaborate with Product, Operations, and Data Science teams to refine requirements and build roadmaps
• Identify and develop solutions to high-leverage cross-system problems
• Mentor and up level the team around you focusing on building reliable and scalable solutions