Software Reliability Engineer

waymo· CSI (7LV)
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About this role

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 software reliability engineers (SRE) are responsible for the stable operation of Waymo’s fully autonomous systems and supporting infrastructure. As an SRE, you combine software and systems engineering techniques to build and run large-scale, fault-tolerant, reliable systems. You focus on optimizing existing systems, building new infrastructure, eliminating manual, error-prone or time-consuming work through automation, and ensuring products that are fast, efficient, and effective.

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

 

You will:

  • Collaborate with other engineers to build reliable systems for the ride hailing service, real time communications between cars and offboard infrastructure, and more
  • Manage end-to-end availability and performance by measuring the system performance and developing automated solutions to improve it
  • Get involved in the whole lifecycle of services - from inception and design, through deployment, operation and refinement
  • Write designs and implement software to improve system architecture or telemetry, prevent outages, or reduce mean time to mitigation, in defense of service reliability
  • Act as frontline defense for the ride hailing service, participating in a sustainable oncall incident response team and practicing blameless retrospectives

 

You have:

  • 2+ years of experience writing clean, efficient code in C++, Java and/or Python
  • An interest and enthusiasm for distributed systems, production engineering, and rapidly developing transportation system technologies
  • Passion for distributed systems, rapidly evolving technologies behind transportation systems & autonomous driving, and production engineering
    in monitoring, debugging, automation, and scaling up systems
  • A Bachelors degree in a relevant field or similar experience

 

We prefer:

  • Demonstrated ability as an individual contributor engineer, contributing to scalable, high quality software
  • 3+ years of industry experience
  • Bachelors of Computer Science (or similar)

 

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
$175,000$215,000 USD

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Where is the Software Reliability Engineer position at waymo located?
This Software Reliability Engineer role at waymo is based in Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Which team or department does the Software Reliability Engineer at waymo belong to?
This Software Reliability Engineer position is part of the CSI (7LV) department at waymo. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
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When was the Software Reliability Engineer job at waymo posted?
This Software Reliability Engineer position at waymo was posted on May 12, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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