Staff Software Engineer, Webviz
Mountain View, California, United States. San Francisco, California, United States Full-Time Software Engineering 5022
Staff Software Engineer, Webviz
- 5022
- On Site
- Mountain View, California
- San Francisco, California
- Software Engineering
- Full-Time
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.
Webviz is Waymo's central platform and product for visual debugging, telemetry, and triage. Teams across Waymo (including Perception, Behavior, and Simulation) use the Webviz C++ and TypeScript framework to integrate their domain-specific visualizations into a single tool. The Webviz backend processes and streams 4D (3D + time) time-series logs, real-time telemetry, and simulation data. In this L6 role, you will own the C++ server infrastructure and concurrent data streaming pipelines. You will design C++ abstractions to load and process fleet logs, optimize Borg, RPC performance, and build APIs that let engineers and automated evaluation pipelines analyze driving data.
You will:
• Build and maintain concurrent C++ backend services (Borg/Boq RPC servers) that stream time-series and sensor data to the Webviz client.
• Scale C++ data delivery abstractions for offboard storage (CNS, Spanner) and WebRTC streams.
• Optimize latency and throughput using log-sampling, payload post-processing (deduplication, timeline merging), and async C++ services.
• Build backend APIs for automated callers (triage bots, evaluation executors) to render driving scenes.
• Plan technical roadmaps and own the scaling, security, and performance isolation of the offboard data infrastructure.
• Mentor engineers, review system designs, and establish systems-level C++ best practices.
You have:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of software development experience in C++.
• Experience with systems programming, including multi-threading, concurrency, memory efficiency, and profiling.
• Experience building high-throughput distributed systems, RPC services, or time-series data pipelines.
• Experience leading technical designs and mentoring engineers on complex, multi-quarter projects.
We prefer:
• Experience with Google-internal infrastructure (Borg, Boq, Stubby/gRPC, CNS, and Spanner).
• Experience developing backend systems for video/image rendering, WebRTC, or developer tools.
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicle data formats (RoadGraph, sensor logs, and trajectory prediction outputs).
• Familiarity with web client architectures (Angular, TypeScript) to design client-server APIs.
• Experience with TDD, performance profiling, and integration testing.
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.
We appreciate your interest in Waymo. Waymo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a culture of belonging and maintaining a supportive workplace for all employees. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, and employment decisions are based on a candidate’s qualifications, experience, and alignment with job requirements and business needs. 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, family status, pregnancy, 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 making sure our hiring process is accessible for all candidates. If you need assistance applying for a role or participating in the interview process due to a disability, 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.)
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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.
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.
