Waymo · 2 months ago
Senior Software Engineer, Simulator Platform
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$204K/yr - $259K/yr
5+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The Simulator Team at Waymo builds state-of-the-art simulations of realistic environments for testing and training the Waymo Driver, focusing on enhancing performance through advanced machine learning algorithms.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Work closely with onboard and research engineers to scale simulation and enable critical Waymo milestones
Support development, testing and evolution of mapping data in the simulator
Improve / monitor the performance, scalability and the reliability of the simulator
Design the long term architecture to fit the product to an increasing number of internal customers
Qualification
Required
Hands-on experience building a popular (internal or external-facing) product
5+ years of experience with backend knowledge such as workflows, databases, SQL, production monitoring, etc
Strong in C++
Preferred
Experience with the release of software in a highly distributed heterogeneous execution environment
Experience with systems programming (game engines, database, OS, distributed)
Experience with ML
Benefits
Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program
Company
Waymo
Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developing self-driving solutions for travelers and daily commuters. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (231)
2024 (175)
2023 (268)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$27.1BKey Investors
Alphabet,Dragoneer Investment Group,DST Global,Sequoia CapitalAlphabetFidelity,Perry Creek Capital,T. Rowe Price
2026-02-02Series D· $16B
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
Leadership Team
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Annabel Chang
Director of U.S. State and Local Public Policy and Political Campaigns
Recent News
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