Senior Software Engineer, Eval Authoring APIs

United States·San Francisco,Mountain View,New Yorksenior

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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.

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The Waymo Driver is performing well in more and more cities, with our scale rapidly accelerating. Our team's job is to ensure that we can continue to evaluate safety and service quality across new cities and countries, each with their unique challenges. The Eval Authoring APIs team's mission is to establish the foundational API and tooling required to support the eval development lifecycle, encompassing creation, validation, testing, and publishing. We are seeking an experienced, technically hands-on Senior Software Engineer to design and implement these core authoring APIs.

In this hybrid role, you will report to the Sr. Staff Manager.

Build data platforms for large-scale evaluation of the Waymo Driver software, streamlining eval data set curation, sampling & slicing, and enabling data-driven decision making.
Own and execute projects from ambiguous requirements to high-impact deliverables.
Collaborate with Data Science and Quantitative Analytics teams in understanding their data needs & build infra solutions that solve their problems.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Hands-on experience with distributed systems that ingest, store, transform, and output data at scale
Strong proficiency in C++ or Python.
Strong technical communication and collaboration skills

Advanced degree (Master's) in Computer Science or a related technical field.
Experience with A/B experiment infrastructure
Exposure to ad-hoc data analysis with SQL
Experience working in the AV industry

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