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Staff Software Engineer

Waymo · PERM - N

Pay
$295K–$310K
From the posting
Posted
Oct 23, 2026
Tracked open for 2 days
Team
General Services
Full-time
Waymo hiring
366 open roles
166 in engineering
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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.


You will:

  • Lead cross-organizational efforts to enhance system efficiency, deployment speed, and maintainability.
  • Improve developer experience and system visibility by streamlining infrastructure workflows
  • Optimize model serving infrastructure to maximize the perception system's model performance.
  • Develop and scale robust infrastructure for large-scale data processing, extraction, and evaluation.
  • Support expansive machine learning development, including data mining, debugging, and visualization tools.
  • Contribute to systems development by enhancing testing, performance analysis, and deployment pipelines.

You have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 7 years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in a Software Engineer-related occupation. Alternatively, will accept a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 5 years of experience in the  job offered or in a Software Engineer-related occupation. 

    Position requires 5 years of experience in the following: 

    • C++ programming; 
    • Distributed system design; 
    • Large-scale data pipeline development; 
    • Distributed data processing frameworks; and 
    • Robotics engineering or Machine learning engineering.

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
$295,000 - $310,000 USD
 
Position reports to the Waymo office & may allow for a hybrid schedule per Waymo policy.
 
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From Waymo's careers page. First seen Oct 25, 2026, last verified Oct 26, 2026.

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