Staff iOS Engineer, Growth

Waymo
San Francisco; Mountain View, US
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level iOS engineers with SwiftUI production experience who thrive in technical leadership roles within autonomous driving technology.

Best fit for

  • iOS engineers who have built apps from scratch and care about pixel-perfect UI.
    — “6+ years of experience building and shipping mobile apps from scratch
  • Technical leaders comfortable defining long-term architectural roadmaps for scaling iOS platforms.
    — “Define the long-term architectural roadmap for the iOS platform
  • Swift experts who can mentor others in Swift Concurrency and UI performance.
    — “championing best practices in Swift Concurrency and UI performance

Things to consider

  • Role involves collaborating with product managers, designers, and robotics engineers.
    — “partnering with product managers, designers, vehicle or robotics engineers

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific examples of modular Swift frameworks you've built.
    — “Own the foundational frameworks for networking, authentication, and local data persistence
  • Prepare to discuss technical design reviews you've led.
    — “conducting deep technical design reviews (RFCs)
  • Showcase experience with gRPC and Protobuf in past projects.
    — “Client-server protocols (gRPC, Protobuf)
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • modular and performant iOS codebase
  • optimized foundational frameworks
  • best practices in Swift development
Typical background
B.S, or M.S. in Computer Science or a similar technical field6+ years of experience building and shipping mobile apps

Skills & requirements

Required

Ios DevelopmentSwiftSwiftuiNetworkingAuthenticationLocal Data PersistenceModular ArchitecturePerformance OptimizationTechnical Design ReviewsSwift ConcurrencyUI PerformancePixel-perfect UIClient-server ProtocolsBluetoothTest-driven Development

Preferred

UikitCoreanimationIos LibrariesC++Ios App Store ReleaseReact/next.js

Stack & domain

IosSwiftSwiftuiUikitCoreanimationGrpcProtobufBluetoothBluetooth LeTest-driven DevelopmentLeadershipMentoringTechnical StrategyEngineering ExcellenceAutonomous DrivingSoftware EngineeringPerceptionDecision-makingDeep Learning

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.

Software Engineering builds the brains of Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology. Our software allows the Waymo Driver to perceive the world around it, make the right decision for every situation, and deliver people safely to their destinations. We think deeply and solve complex technical challenges in areas like robotics, perception, decision-making and deep learning, while collaborating with hardware and systems engineers. If you're a software engineer or researcher who's curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we'd like to meet you.

You Will

Lead technical strategy: Define the long-term architectural roadmap for the iOS platform, ensuring our codebase is modular, performant, and ready to scale as we launch in new cities.

Build and own key infrastructure: Own the foundational frameworks for networking, authentication, and local data persistence, ensuring they are optimized for performance and modularity.

Drive engineering excellence: Set the bar for Swift development, conducting deep technical design reviews (RFCs) and championing best practices in Swift Concurrency and UI performance.

Mentor and grow: Guide senior engineers on the team, helping them navigate complex technical challenges and elevate their architectural thinking.

You Have

B.S, or M.S. in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience

6+ years of experience building and shipping mobile apps from scratch using best practices

Experience with SwiftUI in a production environment

Passion and experience building user-facing products

Experience partnering with product managers, designers, vehicle or robotics engineers

Focus on pixel-perfect UI

Client-server protocols (gRPC, Protobuf)

Bluetooth and Bluetooth LE

Test-driven development

We Prefer

Experience building and releasing on the iOS App Store

Experience with UIKit, CoreAnimation, and other iOS libraries

Experience with C++

#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$213,000—$263,000 USD

Source: Waymo careers

Similar roles