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Senior Software Engineer, Eval Authoring APIs

Waymo· Software Engineering
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Mountain View, California$213k - $263kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer to design and implement core authoring APIs for the Eval development lifecycle within Waymo Driver, focusing on evaluation authoring, validation, testing, and publishing at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the technical architecture and implementation of core services that enable evaluation engineers to author, manage, and execute evaluation workflows at scale.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Eval developers, sim and analysis infra teams to translate ambiguous requirements into clean, well-documented, and easy-to-use API contracts and engineering deliverables.
  • Ensure the authoring APIs are representative of real-world evaluation complexity, computationally efficient, and highly reliable.
  • Mentor junior engineers and champion software development best practices within the team.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, focused on backend systems or APIs.
  • Extensive experience building scalable, distributed systems and developer-facing APIs.
  • Proven track record of technical contributions, owning large features from design to deployment.
  • Expertise in systems design and data modeling for high-throughput, low-latency applications.
  • Strong proficiency in C++ or Python.
  • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with experience working with cross-functional partners.

Skills

Required:API design and developmentBackend systemsC++PythonSystems design

Benefits

  • We offer discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program.
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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