Senior Software Engineer, Simulator Platform

Job Summary

The Simulator Team at Waymo is seeking a hybrid role combining backend engineering and simulation expertise. This role will involve scaling simulation capabilities, improving performance, and designing long-term architectures to support multiple internal customers.

Responsibilities

• Closely collaborate with onboard and research engineers to support critical Waymo milestones
• Support the development, testing, and evolution of mapping data in the simulator
• Improve and monitor the performance, scalability, and reliability of the simulator
• Design the long-term architecture to accommodate an increasing number of internal customers

Requirements

• 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++
• Prior 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

Qualifications

• Experience with large language models, foundational world models, and reconstructive methods trained on large-scale datasets
• Experience with hybrid roles combining backend engineering and simulation expertise
• Experience with ML algorithms for measuring and enhancing the performance of the Waymo Driver

Skills

• Experience with ML algorithms for measuring and enhancing the performance of the Waymo Driver
• Experience with large language models, foundational world models, and reconstructive methods trained on large-scale datasets
• Experience with hybrid roles combining backend engineering and simulation expertise

Benefits

The benefits offered by Waymo include a discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Pay

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is $204,000—$259,000 USD. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level.