Senior Backend Engineer, Security

About the role

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 the Waymo Commercialization team, and help design the future of transportation!

Responsibilities

• Help build and evolve one or more mission-critical commercialization tools and systems
• Collaborate with Product, Security, and other engineering teams to develop systems and processes as business needs grow and evolve
• Solve hard, real-world problems such as vehicle profile, secure parts transactions, vehicle configuration and build key security infrastructure
• Work on cross-cutting problems requiring strong cross‑team collaboration (technically: security, cloud backends, Waymo Driver; functionally: operations, product, legal, partnerships, policy & privacy) to develop and deliver business‑critical infrastructure
• Be self‑sufficient and product‑minded

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of backend/infrastructure experience
• Strong knowledge of security concepts (encryption, authentication, identity, secure communication protocols, access control)

Qualifications (Preferred)

• Experience with compiled languages (C++, Java, or Go)
• Experience building microservices
• Knowledge of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) concepts: X.509, CSR generation and signing, certificate hierarchy, secure key storage
• Knowledge of symmetric key generation, derivation, and storage
• Experience with HSM/hardware‑backed secure key generation and storage
• Understanding of key derivation functions (KDF) such as AES‑based and HMAC
• End‑to‑end secure key provisioning
• Knowledge of cryptography, including cryptographic key types and algorithms

Benefits

Waymo employees are eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Pay

Salary range: $213,000—$263,000 USD.