Senior Backend Software Engineer, Waymo

$204-259k

+ Annual Bonus Program + Equity Incentive Plan

TypeScript

Java

C++

Angular 14+

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Autonomous driving technology

Job no longer available

Autonomous driving technology

1001+ employees

B2CTransportAutomation

Job no longer available

$204-259k

+ Annual Bonus Program + Equity Incentive Plan

TypeScript

Java

C++

Angular 14+

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

1001+ employees

B2CTransportAutomation

Company mission

To make it simpler and safer for people to move things and themselves around.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
7+ years of backend/infra experience
Strong knowledge in building software applications at scale
TL or technical leadership skills
Ability to thrive in ambiguity, solving large, open-ended problems
Ability to think strategically and architecturally, while balancing short- and long-term needs

Desirable

Compiled language experience (C++, Java or Go)
Experience building microservices
Familiarity with Google infrastructure (e.g. Flume, Borg, Protocol Buffers, OnePlatform)
Familiar with Key Store and RBAC
Spanner
Experience working with frontend tech (e.g. Angular Typescript, Dart)

What the job involves

Help build and evolve one or more mission-critical commercialization tools and systems
Collaborate with Product, and other engineering teams to develop systems and processes as business needs grow and evolve
Solve hard, real-world problems such as vehicle profile, secure parts transactions, vehicle configuration and build key infrastructure

Our take

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company that began as the Google self-driving car project in 2009. After initial development, it secured permits to deploy autonomous ride-hailing services in cities including Phoenix and San Francisco, but has recently hit a major bump in the road with safety concerns that resulted in a recall of over 400 self-driving cars.

With the autonomous driving industry already besieged by setbacks and public distrust, this development does Waymo no favours. That said, as an industry leader there remains the possibility it will see out the storm, but massive attention will need to be given to rebuilding trust with consumers if this is to be the case.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

Top investors

-1% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Aug 2024

$5.6bn

SERIES C

Jun 2021

$2.5bn

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Total funding: $11.1bn

Company HQ

Mountain View, CA

Leadership

Dmitri Dolgov

(Co-CEO, not founder)

Former CTO of the company. After a PhD at the University of Michigan, they worked as a Stanford Postdoctoral Researcher before moving to the Toyota Research Institute. They also spent 8 years at Google as a Software Engineer.

Tekedra N. Mawakana

(Co-CEO, not founder)

Has worked at Waymo since 2017, as Global Head of Policy then CXO then COO before becoming Co-CEO. They are on the Board of Advisors at Operator Collective, Board of Directors at Intuit, and an Advisor for Boom Supersonic.

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