Staff Software Engineer, Driver Validation

Waymo

Warsaw, PL

Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level backend engineers with infrastructure experience who thrive in cross-functional collaboration within autonomous vehicle technology.

Best fit for

Backend engineers with 6+ years scaling complex systems.
— “6+ years of backend or infrastructure experience”
Candidates comfortable with C++ or willing to upskill.
— “Experience with C++ (or a willingness to participate in professional development activities to stay current on industry knowledge)”
Collaborators who bridge technical and non-technical teams.
— “Experience working in environments including nontechnical team members”

Things to consider

Hybrid work arrangement with in-office expectations.
— “In this hybrid role, you will report to an Engineering Manager”
Must solve complex problems like world simulation for regression testing.
— “Solve hard, real-world problems such as world simulation for regression testing”

How to stand out

Highlight cross-team projects involving mobile, cloud, and hardware systems.
— “work on cross-cutting problems to require cross-team collaboration, both technically (mobile app, cloud backends, and the Waymo Driver)”
Showcase experience building developer tools or operations infrastructure.
— “Experience with operations tooling, developer productivity, or developer tools”
Demonstrate scaling systems for commercial expansion.
— “Scale our systems to meet the demands of commercial expansion and growing complexity”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid Level

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What success looks like

mission-critical horizontal infrastructure
scalable systems
world simulation for regression testing

Typical background

6+ years of backend or infrastructure experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Backend DevelopmentInfrastructureCross-team CollaborationFleet Management Systems

Preferred

C++Operations ToolingDeveloper Productivity

Stack & domain

BackendInfrastructureC++Operations ToolingDeveloper ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCross-team CollaborationProblem-solvingProactiveAutonomous DrivingFleet Management Systems

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.
Join our Waymo Commercialization team, and help us design the future of transportation! We are looking for a passionate Staff SWE who wants to help build the systems that improve Waymo's core ride hailing and fleet management systems.
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:
Help build and evolve mission-critical horizontal infrastructure and tooling that underpins all commercialization systems
Collaborate with other engineering teams to develop systems and processes as business needs grow and evolve
Scale our systems to meet the demands of commercial expansion and growing complexity
Solve hard, real-world problems such as world simulation for regression testing and evaluation of software services managing fleets for autonomous vehicles
You have:
BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
6+ years of backend 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
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Source: Waymo careers