Waymo
Staff Software Engineer, Simulator Platform
$251K–$310K
Mountain View, CA, USA +2 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2025
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of experience with backend knowledge.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree (e.g., in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field) or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and evolve the simulator platform used to test and train the Waymo Driver, improving its scalability, reliability, and support for internal customers.
What you'll do
- Work with onboard and research engineers to scale simulation and enable Waymo milestones.
- Support development, testing, and evolution of simulator mapping data.
- Improve simulator performance, scalability, and reliability, and design its long-term architecture.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience building a popular internal- or external-facing product.
- Backend knowledge, such as workflows, databases, SQL, and production monitoring.
- Strong in C++.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience releasing software in a highly distributed heterogeneous execution environment; systems programming experience.
- Experience with ML; previous TL experience.
Pay
$251,000 — $310,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
C++, SQL, large language models, foundational world models, camera, Lidar, radars
AI focus
The simulator uses advanced ML, including large language models, foundational world models, and generative and reconstructive methods, to improve simulation fidelity, scalability, and controllability.
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