Waymo

autonomous driving technology

SoftwareEngineer,LogsInfrastructure

$175–215k Mountain View, California, United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Software Engineer, Logs Infrastructure at Waymo. Skills: Logs Infrastructure, large-scale distributed systems, C++. Understand and improve the behavior of production systems, including instrumentation, bug fixes, provisioning, and reliability improvements. Improve the automation, code health, technical debt and simplify the system”

What You'll Achieve.

build joint strategy and roadmaps; improve the behavior of production systems; Improve the automation, code health, technical debt and simplify the system

Industry & Context.

autonomous driving technology
Problems you'll solve

reliability improvements; technical debt

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years of professional software engineering experience, Experience working on large-scale distributed systems, Proven track record of driving collaboration effectively across organizational boundaries, Good working knowledge of C++ (3+ years active coding experiences), ability to document technical designs, processes, and communicate clearly with cross-functional teams

Nice to Have

Familiarity with Data Engineering / Backend Infrastructure / Streaming Infrastructure, Sampling / Compression / Fleet Optimization algorithms, Resource Allocation Fairness, Familiarity with Cloud Storage (e. g. S3 or GCS)

What You'll Do.

Understand and improve the behavior of production systems

including instrumentation

and reliability improvements

Improve the automation

technical debt and simplify the system

design and build new infrastructure features

Provide support for partners and clients

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work in close relationships with partners and stakeholders across Waymo (Simulation, Planner, Perception, Analysis, Release Eval, Onboard Infra, Mapping, Ops, Hardware, Depot Infra, Legal, Product) to build joint strategy and roadmaps

Communication Scope

communicate clearly with cross-functional teams

Full Job Description

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. Waymo Driver has already safely delivered tens of millions of rider-only trips across 100 million real-world miles, but our journey is just beginning. We are actively expanding into new markets and pioneering advanced technology that redefines the future of global mobility. The Waymo Logs Infrastructure powers critical decision making and model development effort, with subsystems such as onboard data collection, ingestion, processing, storage, and serving, all operating at planet scale where efficiency and resiliency is paramount. If autonomous driving and large scale infrastructure aligns with your passions and skills, please come join us to build the future together. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to a Tech Lead Manager. You will: Work in close relationships with partners and stakeholders across Waymo (Simulation, Planner, Perception, Analysis, Release Eval, Onboard Infra, Mapping, Ops, Hardware, Depot Infra, Legal, Product) to build joint strategy and roadmaps Understand and improve the behavior of production systems, including instrumentation, bug fixes, provisioning, and reliability improvements Improve the automation, code health, technical debt and simplify the system Brainstorm, design and build new infrastructure features Provide support for partn

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