Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the 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 One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.

The Waymo Logs Data Acquisition team, is dedicated to building and maintaining the infrastructure that ingests necessary data from our autonomous vehicles into the cloud. We are responsible for the entire data pipeline, starting with the onboard logging collection infrastructure, where we define data formats, APIs, and libraries to ensure seamless data capture. We also manage the data ingestion pipeline, developing and overseeing uploader modules across LTE, Wifi, and wired connections, along with temporary storage and post-upload data processing infrastructure. We maintain offboard components that facilitate onboard data collection and ingestion, including quota management, sampling strategies, and prioritized upload requests. A core part of our work involves creating strategies and infrastructure, both onboard and offboard, to maximize the value of the limited data we collect, balancing several requirements, constraints, and safety regulations. This includes the application of advanced statistical sampling and machine learning techniques to improve data use, we are committed to achieving operational readiness to increase the number of miles-driven, focusing on reliability improvements and eliminating overheads that would otherwise scale linearly with distance.

In this hybrid role, you will report to a Tech Lead Manager

You Will

• Work in close relationships with partners across Waymo (Simulation, Planner, Perception, Analysis, Release Eval, Onboard Infra, Mapping, Ops, Hardware, Depot Infra, Legal, Product) to build joint strategy and roadmaps.
• Understand and improve the behavior of production systems, including instrumentation, bug fixes, provisioning, and reliability improvements.
• Improve the automation, code health, technical debt and simplify the system.
• Provide support for partners and clients.
  
  

You Have

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• 5+ years of experience driving collaboration across organizational boundaries.
• Good working knowledge with C++ / Java / Python.
• Familiarity with Data Engineering / Backend Infrastructure / Streaming Infrastructure.
• Sampling / Compression / Fleet Optimization algorithms
• Resource Allocation Fairness
• Familiarity with Cloud Storage (e.g. S3 or GCS)
• 3+ years of high productivity in C++ development
  
  

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Salary Range

$204,000—$259,000 USD