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Software Engineer - Data Importer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of backend/infra experience
  • Experience with distributed and large-scale systems
  • Experience with C++

Responsibilities

  • Work on mission-critical onboard software
  • Collaborate with system engineers, hardware engineers, and Product to develop solutions needed to grow and evolve the business
  • Solve real-world challenges such as resilience to hardware failures, effective processing to reduce CPU consumption and heat signature, and effective data selection and offload

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Hard skills

Other skills

  • Collaboration
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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Waymo

Autonomous Vehicles & Self-Driving Tech

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around. With the Waymo Driver, we can improve the world’s mobility while saving thousands of lives. Waymo reaches out to candidates from official channels only (e.g. directly from @waymo.com email addresses, or through our recruiters or sourcers who are noted as such on LinkedIn). We do not contact candidates about career opportunities through instant messaging apps like Telegram, email addresses from domains other than waymo.com (such as Gmail addresses), direct messages on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, or text messages. Visit waymo.com to check out our official job listings.

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryAutonomous Vehicles & Self-Driving Tech
Company size1001 - 5000

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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 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:

  • Work on mission-critical onboard software
  • Collaborate with system engineers, hardware engineers, and Product to develop solutions needed to grow and evolve the business
  • Solve real-world challenges such as resilience to hardware failures, effective processing to reduce CPU consumption and heat signature, and effective data selection and offload

You have:

  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience 
  • 5+ years of backend/infra experience * Experience with distributed and large-scale systems


We prefer:

  • Experience with C++
  • Experience working closely with hardware
  • Experience with in-depth debugging

Disclosure for WA Based & Remote Roles:

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

Health, dental, vision, life, disability insuranceRetirement Benefits: 401(k) with company matchPaid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employmentSick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary) Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks Holidays: 13 paid days per year

US Remote Only: Please note that Waymo may not be able to employ remotely in all US locations. Please speak with your recruiter about your preferred location for remote work when you begin the interview process.

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