Senior Software Engineer, Eval Authoring APIs

Highlights

• Design core APIs powering safety and quality evals for autonomous driving scale.
• Enable evaluation workflows from creation and testing through to publishing.
• Help expand Waymo Driver to new cities and countries with unique challenges.

What they offer

• Discretionary annual bonus program
• Equity incentive plan
• Company benefits program

Ideal candidate

A collaborative, hands-on backend engineer who turns ambiguous needs into clean, reliable APIs. You care deeply about safety-critical systems, developer experience, and mentoring others.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience focused on backend systems or APIs
• Extensive experience building scalable, distributed systems and developer-facing APIs
• Proven track record owning large features from design to deployment
• Expertise in systems design and data modeling for high-throughput, low-latency applications
• Strong proficiency in C++ or Python
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional partners