Waymo
Senior Staff Android Engineer, In-Car Experience
$298K–$368K
Mountain View, CA, USA +1 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted May 18, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads the technical vision and hands-on development of Waymo’s in-car software platform and rider experiences, spanning Android systems, vehicle integration, and AI-enabled developer workflows.
What you'll do
- Set architecture and lead integration across vehicle bring-up, Android platform services, and rider-facing applications.
- Review system designs, troubleshoot platform and performance issues, and establish software reliability standards.
- Drive AI developer tooling adoption, partner across teams, and mentor senior engineers and tech leads.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including strategic technical leadership and delivery of large-scale systems.
- Deep Android/AOSP platform expertise, including system services, HAL, IPC/Binder, and C++ native layers.
- Experience with modern client architecture, systems programming, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, distributed backend systems, and AI-native developer workflows.
Nice to have
- Master’s or PhD in a related field; automotive software, AAOS, or vehicle hardware integration experience.
- Experience with third-party developer frameworks or SDKs, graphics pipelines, or safety-critical, high-reliability, or low-latency systems.
Pay
$298,000 — $368,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Android/AOSP, HAL, IPC/Binder, C++, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, OpenGL ES, Vulkan
AI focus
Champion adoption of AI-native developer tooling, agentic workflows, LLMs, and automated evaluation systems to improve software development velocity and quality.
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