Waymo

Senior Backend Engineer, Security

Waymo • $213K — $263K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • 7+ years of backend/infra experience
  • Strong knowledge of security concepts, including encryption and access control
  • Experience with compiled languages like C++, Java, or Go preferred
  • Familiarity with microservices architecture
  • Knowledge of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) concepts
  • Understanding of cryptography and key management practices

Responsibilities

  • Help build and evolve mission-critical commercialization tools and systems
  • Collaborate with Product, Security, and engineering teams
  • Develop systems and processes to support growing business needs
  • Solve real-world problems related to vehicle profile and secure transactions
  • Build key security infrastructure for vehicle configuration

Benefits

  • Participation in Waymo's discretionary annual bonus program
  • Eligibility for equity incentive plan
  • Generous company benefits program
  • Flexible hybrid work environment
Full Job Description
Want to build the next generation of infrastructure for driverless cars? Join the Waymo Commercialization team, and help design the future of transportation! We are looking for a passionate SWE who wants to help build the systems that manage and optimize Waymo's fleet management systems.

The ideal candidate is someone who can be self-sufficient and product-minded. You will be working on cross-cutting problems that will require strong cross-team collaboration, both technically (security, cloud backends, and the Waymo Driver) and functionally (operations, product, legal, partnerships, policy & privacy) to develop and deliver business critical infrastructure.

You will:
  • Help build and evolve one or more mission-critical commercialization tools and systems
  • Collaborate with Product, Security, and other engineering teams to develop systems and processes as business needs grow and evolve
  • Solve hard, real-world problems such as vehicle profile, secure parts transactions, vehicle configuration and build key security infrastructure.

You have:
  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • 7+ years of backend/infra experience
  • Strong knowledge with security concepts (encryption, authentication,Identity, secure communication protocols, access control)

We prefer:
  • Compiled language experience (C++, Java or Go)
  • Experience building microservices
  • Knowledge of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) concepts such as:
  • X.509
  • CSR generation and signing
  • Certificate hierarchy
  • secure key storage
  • Knowledge of symmetric key generation, derivation and storage
  • HSM / Hardware backed secure key generation and storage
  • KDF - AES, HMAC
  • End to end Secure key provisioning
  • Knowledge of cryptography, including
  • cryptographic key types
  • cryptographic Algorithms

#LI-Hybrid

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo's discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Salary Range

$213,000-$263,000 USD

About Waymo

Waymo LLC is a self-driving technology development company. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google. Waymo develops autonomous driving technology and provides ride-hailing services through its Waymo One program. The company has been testing its self-driving technology on public roads since 2009 and has logged millions of miles of autonomous driving. Waymo has partnerships with several automakers and has been working on developing autonomous trucks for use in logistics.
Learn more about Waymo
Size
2,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2009

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