# Staff Software Engineer - Simulation Realism

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 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 Waym

- **Id**: 2409778
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/waymo-staff-software-engineer-simulation-realism-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Mountain View, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-06-30T17:11:54Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-20
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T12:44:34Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 130
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4506
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Autonomous Driving, Smart Mobility, Ride Hailing

## Company

- **Id**: 98
- **Name**: Waymo
- **Domain**: waymo.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/waymo>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 125
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.544
- **Repost share**: 0.008
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 76
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 251000
- **Max**: 310000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 310000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Feature Store** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Spark** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Days open**: 130

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-13T01:49:48Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 331 · green card filings: 28; Filings 12m: 331

## Liveness

- **Score**: 20
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.569
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 130
- **Expected fill days**: 76
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 310000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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