Waymo

Staff Software Engineer, Webviz

Waymo$251K — $310K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience
  • 5 years of software development experience in C++
  • Experience with systems programming, focusing on multi-threading and concurrency
  • Proven track record of building high-throughput distributed systems
  • Experience in leading technical designs and mentoring engineers

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain concurrent C++ backend services for streaming data
  • Scale C++ data delivery abstractions for storage and WebRTC
  • Optimize latency and throughput using various techniques
  • Develop backend APIs for automated evaluation pipelines
  • Plan technical roadmaps, focusing on scaling and security
  • Mentor engineers and establish C++ best practices

Benefits

  • Access to a discretionary annual bonus program
  • Eligibility for an equity incentive plan
  • Participation in a generous company benefits program
Full Job Description
Webviz is Waymo's central platform and product for visual debugging, telemetry, and triage. Teams across Waymo (including Perception, Behavior, and Simulation) use the Webviz C++ and TypeScript framework to integrate their domain-specific visualizations into a single tool. The Webviz backend processes and streams 4D (3D + time) time-series logs, real-time telemetry, and simulation data. In this L6 role, you will own the C++ server infrastructure and concurrent data streaming pipelines. You will design C++ abstractions to load and process fleet logs, optimize Borg, RPC performance, and build APIs that let engineers and automated evaluation pipelines analyze driving data.

You will:
• Build and maintain concurrent C++ backend services (Borg/Boq RPC servers) that stream time-series and sensor data to the Webviz client.
• Scale C++ data delivery abstractions for offboard storage (CNS, Spanner) and WebRTC streams.
• Optimize latency and throughput using log-sampling, payload post-processing (deduplication, timeline merging), and async C++ services.
• Build backend APIs for automated callers (triage bots, evaluation executors) to render driving scenes.
• Plan technical roadmaps and own the scaling, security, and performance isolation of the offboard data infrastructure.
• Mentor engineers, review system designs, and establish systems-level C++ best practices.

You have:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of software development experience in C++.
• Experience with systems programming, including multi-threading, concurrency, memory efficiency, and profiling.
• Experience building high-throughput distributed systems, RPC services, or time-series data pipelines.
• Experience leading technical designs and mentoring engineers on complex, multi-quarter projects.

We prefer:
• Experience with Google-internal infrastructure (Borg, Boq, Stubby/gRPC, CNS, and Spanner).
• Experience developing backend systems for video/image rendering, WebRTC, or developer tools.
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicle data formats (RoadGraph, sensor logs, and trajectory prediction outputs).
• Familiarity with web client architectures (Angular, TypeScript) to design client-server APIs.
• Experience with TDD, performance profiling, and integration testing.

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

$251,000-$310,000 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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