Backend Engineer - Mapping Tools
WaymoRemotePosted 9 March 2026
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Backend Engineer - Mapping Tools
WARSAW, MASOVIAN VOIVODESHIP, POLAND
FULL-TIME
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
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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 Waymo Mapping team's goal is to build a high resolution map of the world to support safe autonomous driving. We work on creating the map using a combination of automatic and manual techniques and build the infrastructure to store, process, and distribute the map. Our team collaborates with several other Waymo teams that consume map data.
As a member of the tooling team, you work on the internal labeling tools, infrastructure, and metrics that support our operation. You work closely with stakeholders across product, UX, mapping operations, and engineering.
You will:
Help build and evolve mission-critical labeling tools and systems powering mapping at Waymo.
Collaborate with Mapping Operations, UX, and other engineering teams to deliver excellent tools for internal use.
Work with ML teams to integrate machine learning models into our workflow to drastically improve scalability.
Build backend infrastructure for storing and processing many forms of map data
Leverage Google's ecosystem to build, deploy, and scale backend services that process vast amounts of mapping data.
Scale systems to map the world's cities, enabling Waymo's rapid expansion into new and complex urban environments.
You have:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
3 years of relevant industry experience
Experience with C++ and large-scale data processing.
Willingness to own problems end-to-end, from diving into a new and complex domain to working on various parts of the system
A passion for good software engineering
We prefer:
Hands-on experience working with geographical data.
We appreciate your interest in Waymo. Waymo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a culture of belonging and maintaining a supportive workplace for all employees. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, and employment decisions are based on a candidate’s qualifications, experience, and alignment with job requirements and business needs. Waymo does not discriminate against, and prohibits harassment of, any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, military status, family status, pregnancy, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law. Waymo will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. Waymo is committed to making sure our hiring process is accessible for all candidates. If you need assistance applying for a role or participating in the interview process due to a disability, please let the recruiting team know or email waymo-candidatesupport@google.com. (This email address is intended to be used only for requesting accommodations as part of the application process. Other inquiries will not receive a response.)
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