Waymo backend engineering jobs

Waymo has 67 open backend engineering roles: 56 in Mountain View, 29 in San Francisco and 7 in Warsaw. 59 of them state the pay; the middle half sits between $195k and $281k a year. Roles at Waymo take 76 days to fill at the median.

Read from Waymo's careers boardRebuilt 19 Oct 2026
open backend engineering roles
67
median stated pay
$238k
new in 7 days
0
median time to fill
76 days

Newest backend engineering roles

15 of 67
$213k–$263kOct 7
Staff Software Engineer, TLM, Quantitative Evaluations
San Francisco · Mountain ViewHybrid
$251k–$310kOct 6
$213k–$263kOct 5
$213k–$263kOct 2
Senior Software Engineer, Chassis
San Francisco · Mountain ViewHybrid
$213k–$263kOct 1
Senior Software Engineer
San Francisco · Mountain ViewRemote
$213k–$263kSep 29
$140kSep 23

All open roles at Waymo

Where the roles are

Mountain View 56San Francisco 29Warsaw 7New York 5Los Angeles 2Seattle 1Tokyo 1Pittsburgh 1Bengaluru 1

By level

LevelOpen rolesMedian stated pay
Intern11$140k
Junior2—
Mid-level1—
Senior27$238k
Staff and principal18$281k
Lead8$281k

Other teams hiring at Waymo

AI and machine learning 68Early careers 36Management 28Field and service 26Operations 19Product management 15Industrial engineering 14Hardware engineering 11Data science 9Engineering leadership 7Finance 6Legal 6Marketing 6Mobile engineering 5

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Questions

How many backend engineering roles is Waymo hiring for?

Waymo has 67 open backend engineering roles as of 19 Oct 2026.

What does Waymo pay for backend engineering roles?

59 of the 67 roles state the pay. The median of the posted ranges is $238k a year and the middle half sits between $195k and $281k (converted to US dollars).

Where are Waymo's backend engineering roles?

Most are in Mountain View (56), San Francisco (29) and Warsaw (7). 1 are fully remote.

How long do roles stay open at Waymo?

Half of Waymo's roles are filled or closed within 76 days of being posted, measured on the postings that closed on its own careers board.

Are these roles still open?

Every role is read from Waymo's own careers board and re-checked at least every 48 hours. A role that closes leaves this page at the next nightly rebuild.

Source: Waymo's own careers board, re-checked every 48 hoursUpdated 19 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0