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Autonomous Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Automotive

Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Test Systems

Mountain View, CAHybridFull TimeSenior$213,000–$263,000 /yrPosted 25 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • C++
  • Python
  • agents
  • agent harnessing
  • AI-backed systems
  • systems thinking
  • experimentation
  • release qualification
  • developer velocity
  • frontend

Nice to have

  • Dev AI leader
  • policy maker
  • robotics
  • firmware
  • hardware-in-the-loop
  • hardware-based software products

Role summary

Waymo's Systems Engineering team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop agentic systems that enhance release qualification and developer velocity. This role involves working across frontend and backend technologies, various languages, and large software systems. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of test development and execution workflows, creating novel automation solutions. This position requires systems thinking, experimentation, and the ability to learn new skills. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, along with 5+ years of experience in C++ or Python, and experience building agents and AI-backed systems are required. Preferred qualifications include experience as a Dev AI leader, robotics, hardware-in-the-loop, test automation, UX design, and release management.

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.

Waymo's Systems Engineering team works together to blend software and hardware systems in groundbreaking new ways. We set the high performance standards that ensure our vehicles run smoothly and keep passengers safe, then design and perform the tests that validate that performance. We're looking for talented teammates who’ll help us maintain strong teamwork and are passionate about driving results.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to a Technical Lead Manager.

You will:

  • Develop agentic systems that accelerate release qualification and improve developer velocity
  • Work across frontend and backend technologies, various languages, and large systems of software
  • Deeply understand test development and test execution workflows, creating novel automation solutions
  • Think big, and take on ambitious projects that require systems thinking and experimentation
  • You have:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
  • Experience building and productionizing agents, agent harnessing, and AI-backed systems
  • 5+ years of working experience in C++ or Python
  • Ability and ambition to learn new skills as they are needed
  • We prefer:

  • Experience as a Dev AI leader and policy maker
  • Experience with robotics, firmware, hardware-in-the-loop, and other hardware-based software products
  • Experience with test development, test automation, and test engineering
  • Experience with UX design
  • Experience with release management practices and tools
  • 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

    Sample Waymo interview questions

    • 1

      Design a data ingestion system

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    • 2

      Design a simulation-based regression detection system for code changes

      system designhard
    • 3

      Longest Substring with Two Distinct Characters Find the longest substring with at most two distinct characters. Input: s = "ccaabbb" Output: 5 Explanation: The substring "aabbb" contains exactly two distinct characters and has a maximum length of 5.

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    • 4

      Alien Dictionary Order Derive the alien dictionary order from a sorted list of alien words. Input: words = ["z","x","z"] Output: "" (Empty String) Explanation: The letter 'z' cannot come before 'x' and then suddenly after 'x', creating a cycle and making the dictionary invalid.

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    • 5

      Palindrome After Deleting One Character Determine if a string can be a palindrome after deleting at most one character. Input: s = "abc" Output: FALSE Explanation: Deleting any single character leaves either "ab", "bc", or "ac", none of which result in a valid palindrome.

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