Senior Software Engineer - Multiverse

Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; New York, NY, USAPosted 5 weeks ago

Role Overview

Waymo is hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Multiverse. This is a full-time hybrid role, based in Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; New York. Part of Waymo's Qa hiring. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.

Salary Context

Salary is not disclosed in this posting. Market median for Senior-level Qa roles is $125k-$172k (based on 165 comparable listings). Many employers share specifics during the interview process or after an initial screen.

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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.

Our mission within the Driver Understanding and Evaluation (DUE) team at Waymo is to develop rich metrics for understanding the behavior of the Waymo Driver in the real world.

In this hybrid role, you will report to a Software Engineering Manager.

You will:

Build the infrastructure to administer a "virtual driver's test" for the Waymo Driver. Design, implement, and operate scalable simulation data pipelines to evaluate the driving capability of the Waymo Driver.
Improve the signal quality provided by the "virtual driver's test". Improve the quality of individual simulations and that of the overarching simulation workflows. Try to answer whether the results of the "virtual driver's test" are predictive of the Waymo Driver's real-world driving behavior.
Apply ML models from partner teams, and optionally contribute to them yourself, to improve the efficiency of our "virtual driver's test": simulate the most interesting situations and report the most interesting simulation results.

You have:

5+ years of full-time software engineering experience, or a quantitative PhD with 2+ years of professional software engineering experience

C++ proficiency
Python familiarity
SQL familiarity

Excited about autonomous driving, Simulation + Eval

We prefer:

7+ years of industry experience or 3+ years post-doc experience in a quantitative- or quality- focused engineering role in which you had experience as a technical lead for a team in which you were performing tasks like developing hypotheses, designing and running experiments, processing data from experiments, synthesizing conclusions, and ensuring the long term stability and health of the production system.
B.Sc. in Computer Science
Experience working with large FAANG scale distributed systems.

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I apply for the Senior Software Engineer - Multiverse position at Waymo?

Use the Apply button above to submit your application directly to Waymo. Most applications take less than 5 minutes if your resume and contact details are ready, and you'll be routed to the employer's official application system to finish.

Is the Senior Software Engineer - Multiverse role at Waymo remote or in-office?

This is a hybrid role based in Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; New York. Expect a mix of in-office and remote days, with the specific cadence set by the hiring manager.

What does a Senior Software Engineer - Multiverse at Waymo earn?

Waymo has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.

When was the Senior Software Engineer - Multiverse role at Waymo posted?

This role was posted on June 17, 2026 (36 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.

How much experience does the Senior Software Engineer - Multiverse role at Waymo require?

This is a senior-level position. Most senior roles call for 5+ years of directly relevant experience. Waymo lists their specific requirements in the description below, so review the must-have qualifications closely before applying.

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