Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Waymo develops autonomous driving technology and operates autonomous ride-hail services. The Senior Software Engineer will optimize Fleet Response operations by reducing workload and costs, improving operational metrics, and collaborating across teams to identify and implement efficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement measures to increase the efficiency and decrease the cost of Fleet Response operations
• Partner with other teams at Waymo to find headroom in their shares of operational workload
• Generate and research ideas for new optimizations of the work operators perform
• Work with onboard engineering teams to sunset operational work that is no longer necessary
• Contribute to cross-functional analysis and optimization efforts
• Improve regression-detection and culprit-finding for changes that negatively impact operational metrics

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar technical field of study
• 5+ years of industry experience navigating complex systems with distributed ownership
• Experience with C++ or related structured programming language
• A curious, investigative mindset with a bias towards action
• Strong ability to dive into new problems and codebases
• Experience working with non-technical cross-functional partners
• Experience designing analytical frameworks to answer difficult product questions
• An innate desire to make things better and reject the status quo

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance for eligible US-based employees
• 401(k) with company match for eligible US-based employees
• 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• 40 hours/year of sick time (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28–30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• 13 paid holidays per year
• Discretionary annual bonus program, subject to eligibility requirements
• Equity incentive plan, subject to eligibility requirements

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