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Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Mountain View, California, United States Full-Time Software Engineering 3010

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Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

  • 3010
  • On Site
  • Mountain View, California, United States
  • Software Engineering
  • Full-Time
  • Mid Career

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 Storage team owns the infrastructure for storing driven and simulated data of Waymo cars. Some of its responsibilities include:

  • Storage management aspects, including file formats, encodings, replication, rebalancing, integrity, durability, backends and APIs.
  • Dataset management aspects, including metadata, versioning, lifetime control, quotas and APIs for set/membership management.
  • Responsibility for overall storage cost. This includes tooling required for data curation, plus defining and implementing storage cost control policies spanning multiple Waymo teams.

In this hybrid role, you will report to a Software Engineering Manager.

You will:

  • Brainstorm, design and build new storage infrastructure features, in alignment with Waymo priorities.
  • Build and use relationships with partner teams to provide solutions spanning organizational boundaries.
  • 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:

  • 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • 4+ years of experience working on large-scale distributed systems.
  • 4+ years of experience driving collaboration across organizational boundaries.
  • 4+ years of experience with C++ (3+ years active coding experiences ).

You have:

  • Experience building large-scale distributed systems.
  • Experience building dataset management infrastructure.
  • Track record of successfully accomplishing forward-looking ambitious bets.
  • Track record of high coding productivity

#LI-Hybrid

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
$192,000—$243,000 USD

We appreciate your interest in Waymo. Waymo is an equal employment opportunity employer, committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive workplace for all employees. Waymo does not discriminate against, and prohibits harassment of, any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law. Waymo will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. Waymo is committed to ensuring equal opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please let the recruiting team know or email waymo-candidatesupport@google.com. (This email address is intended to be used only for requesting accommodations as part of the application process. Other inquiries will not receive a response.)

Some of our Benefits

Health and wellness

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. At Waymo, you can enjoy top-notch medical, dental and vision insurance, mental wellness support, gym membership, and special wellness programs.

Financial wellness

Your financial peace of mind is important to us. At Waymo, we offer competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, equity, employees provident fund, and lots of other perks and employee discounts.

Flexibility and time off

Take the time you need to relax and recharge. Enjoy the flexibility to work from another location for four weeks per year. We support an on-site or hybrid work model and offer remote working opportunities, paid time off, bereavement, sick, and parental leave. 

Supporting families

When it comes to growing your family or caring for your loved ones, you have our full support. Enhanced leave options include 26 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents and 18 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.

Community and personal development

At Waymo, you'll find a range of opportunities to grow, connect, and give back. We offer education reimbursement, personal and professional development, mentorship, and other ways to connect through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), other internal groups, and even time off to volunteer.

Cool perks

Access to Google offices, cafes, wellness centers, massages, and so much more. To support your wellbeing at home, you can enjoy at-home fitness and cooking classes, and more.

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