Senior Software Engineer, Supply Infrastructure

Waymo
Warsaw, Poland
On-site

Who this role is best for

Backend engineers with infrastructure experience and cross-team collaboration skills will find this hybrid role in autonomous vehicle fleet management systems rewarding.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of backend experience and a track record in infrastructure systems
    — “5+ years of backend engineering or infrastructure experience”
  • Engineers with a background in solving system-level optimization challenges
    — “Solve hard real-world problems related to orchestration and optimization of the fleet of autonomous vehicles”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a willingness to engage in professional development, especially for C++ experience
    — “Experience with C++ (or a willingness to participate in professional development activities to stay current on industry knowledge)”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with large-scale fleet management or logistics systems in your resume and interview stories
    — “Build and evolve mission-critical tools and systems that allow Waymo to scale and serve new markets”
  • Showcase your ability to work on cross-functional teams with examples from your past projects
    — “cross-team collaboration, both technically (mobile app, cloud backends, and the Waymo Driver) and functionally (operations, product, legal, partnerships, policy & privacy)”
  • Demonstrate your ability to ship solutions in fast-paced environments with clear examples of project delivery
    — “Ship solutions to novel problems that arise in a fast-paced environment”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Build and evolve mission-critical tools and systems for Waymo's fleet management
  • Solve hard real-world problems related to fleet orchestration and optimization
  • Collaborate with Product, UX, and other engineers to design and develop internal user-facing products
  • Ship solutions to novel problems in a fast-paced environment
Typical background
BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience5+ years of backend engineering or infrastructure experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Backend EngineeringInfrastructure DevelopmentCross-team CollaborationProduct-minded ApproachOrchestration And OptimizationFleet Management SystemsOperations ToolingDeveloper ProductivityDeveloper Tools

Preferred

C++Operations ToolingDeveloper ProductivityDeveloper Tools

Stack & domain

C++Backend EngineeringInfrastructureOrchestrationOptimizationFleet ManagementMobile AppCloud BackendsWaymo DriverOperations ToolingDeveloper ProductivityDeveloper ToolsProduct MindsetCross-team CollaborationTechnical LeadershipProblem SolvingCommunicationTeamworkFlexibilityCuriosityInnovationAutonomous DrivingSupply Optimization

About the role

Original posting from Waymo

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.

Want to build the next generation of infrastructure for driverless cars?

Join our Waymo’s Supply Optimization Infrastructure team, and help us design the future of transportation! We are looking for a passionate Senior SWE who wants to help build the systems that improve Waymo's core fleet management systems.

You are someone who is product-minded. You will work on cross-cutting problems to require cross-team collaboration, both technically (mobile app, cloud backends, and the Waymo Driver) and functionally (operations, product, legal, partnerships, policy & privacy) to develop and deliver business critical infrastructure.

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

You will:

Build and evolve mission-critical tools and systems that allow Waymo to scale and serve new markets.

Solve hard real-world problems related to orchestration and optimization of the fleet of autonomous vehicles.

Collaborate with Product, UX, and other engineers to design and develop internal user-facing products.

Ship solutions to novel problems that arise in a fast-paced environment

You have:

BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

5+ years of backend engineering or infrastructure experience

We prefer:

Experience with C++ (or a willingness to participate in professional development activities to stay current on industry knowledge)

Experience working in environments including nontechnical team members

Experience with operations tooling, developer productivity, or developer tools

#LI-Hybrid

Source: Waymo careers

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