Waymo
Staff Software Engineer / Technical Lead Manager
$251K–$319K
San Francisco, California, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Mar 16, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years backend tech; 6+ years Front End; 5+ years people management.
- Education
- BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads software development across backend and frontend systems, defining technical road maps and managing people and performance.
What you'll do
- Work across team boundaries and with cross-functional partners, including non-engineering roles.
- Take ownership of efforts and drive them to completion; define technical road maps.
- Manage people and performance.
What they ask for
- BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- 6+ years experience working with backend tech.
- 6+ years of experience with Front End.
- 5+ years of people management experience.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Google infrastructure or GCP equivalent.
- Development experience with C++ or other backend programming languages, frontend frameworks, and scalability or system performance.
Pay
$251,000—$319,000 USD base salary
Tools
C++, Spanner, Angular, Javascript, React, Flume, Borg, Protocol Buffers
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