Software Engineer, Commercialization Onboard Platform

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 Commercialization Onboard Platform team designs and implements the ride-hailing platform to provide ride-hailing and fleet management capabilities for Waymo.

You will:

• Write code that runs on Waymo’s fleet of autonomous vehicles


• Work with experts in the field of autonomous vehicles across both onboard and offboard components


• Develop interfaces across multiple offboard and onboard stacks for managing trip and passenger state machines


• Build infrastructure for simulating and testing trip state machine and onboard changes


• Develop expertise in, and make use of, various Google technologies like Borg, Spanner, Flume, and custom-built systems for our specific problems

You have:

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience


• 3+ years of industry experience in general distributed systems and backend development


• Proficient in C++

We prefer:

• MS in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience


• Experience in developing low latency, large-scale, user facing distributed systems


• Interest or experience in robotics

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

$170,000—$216,000 USD