Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Response Infrastructure
Company websitewaymo.com (Waymo, opens in new tab)
Base salary $213K to $263K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Mountain View, CA
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- LocationMountain View, CA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (3 h ago) · observed since
About this job
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.
The Fleet Response team's mission is to accelerate the safe deployment of Waymo's autonomous technology. Fleet Response operates at the cutting edge of our autonomous driving operations. In certain highly ambiguous or complex situations, the Waymo Driver can request the assistance of human Fleet Response Operators (FROs) to provide extra context and information. Those operators use a web application to receive real-time video, audio, and other telemetry from the vehicle and provide guidance back to the Driver.
We are seeking a passionate engineer to develop Fleet Response’s mission-critical full-stack systems that make this real-time collaboration possible. You will work with a team of talented engineers to deliver reliable, globally-available, low-latency visualization and interaction — with a direct impact on Waymo’s autonomous fleet every single day.
You will:
- Contribute to the end-to-end reliability and performance of mission-critical web applications used for real-time autonomous vehicle support.
- Work on frontend and backend infrastructure, including robust APIs and seamless integration with upstream and downstream services.
- Ensure the Fleet Response platform scales effectively to meet Waymo’s reliability, performance, and functionality requirements.
- Advise and guide cross-functional engineers across Fleet Response and broader Waymo teams to ensure optimal utilization of web application systems
- Partner closely with Waymo SRE to drive global scalability and maintain the high availability of mission-critical, real-time platforms.
You have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar technical field of study
- 4+ years of industry experience with web applications (frontend and backend).
- Familiarity with web client architectures (Angular, TypeScript, RxJS, etc).
- Enjoyment from working closely with your users.
- A strong intrinsic motivation for reliability.
We prefer:
- Experience bringing technical and non-technical groups together.
- Experience with C++.
- Experience building high-reliability distributed systems or RPC services.
- An investigative mindset.
- A track record of successful partnerships with SRE.
#LI-Hybrid
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
Source: Waymo on Greenhouse · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($213,000) is above 77% of the 4,313 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site; 29 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,100; the middle half runs from $149,100 to $203,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.
This listingSenior Software Engineer, Fleet Response Infrastructure$213K to $263K
Research Scientist, World Model Post-Training$213K to $263K
Senior Data Scientist, Simulation Capacity Optimization$213K to $263K
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Vehicle Interaction & Behavior Policy ML$213K to $263K
Research Scientist, Map Scalability$213K to $263K
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Scenes, Traffic Controls$213K to $263K
Senior Software Engineer, Chassis$213K to $263K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Response Infrastructure (this listing) | $213K - $263K |
| Research Scientist, World Model Post-Training | $213K - $263K |
| Senior Data Scientist, Simulation Capacity Optimization | $213K - $263K |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Vehicle Interaction & Behavior Policy ML | $213K - $263K |
| Research Scientist, Map Scalability | $213K - $263K |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Scenes, Traffic Controls | $213K - $263K |
| Senior Software Engineer, Chassis | $213K - $263K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-07-22
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Mountain View, California, United States of America
$213,000—$263,000 USD
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