Senior Backend Engineer, Security
- Salary
- $213,000 - $263,000
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 8 May 2026.
About the role
Waymo's standard text
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.
Want to build the next generation of infrastructure for driverless cars? Join the Waymo Commercialization team, and help design the future of transportation! We are looking for a passionate SWE who wants to help build the systems that manage and optimize Waymo’s fleet management systems.
The ideal candidate is someone who can be self-sufficient and product-minded. You will be working on cross-cutting problems that will require strong cross-team collaboration, both technically (security, cloud backends, and the Waymo Driver) and functionally (operations, product, legal, partnerships, policy & privacy) to develop and deliver business critical infrastructure.
You will:
- Help build and evolve one or more mission-critical commercialization tools and systems
- Collaborate with Product, Security, and other engineering teams to develop systems and processes as business needs grow and evolve
- Solve hard, real-world problems such as vehicle profile, secure parts transactions, vehicle configuration and build key security infrastructure.
You have:
- BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- 7+ years of backend/infra experience
- Strong knowledge with security concepts (encryption, authentication,Identity, secure communication protocols, access control)
We prefer:
- Compiled language experience (C++, Java or Go)
- Experience building microservices
- Knowledge of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) concepts such as:
- X.509
- CSR generation and signing
- Certificate hierarchy
- secure key storage
- Knowledge of symmetric key generation, derivation and storage
- HSM / Hardware backed secure key generation and storage
- KDF - AES, HMAC
- End to end Secure key provisioning
- Knowledge of cryptography, including
- cryptographic key types
- cryptographic Algorithms
#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
What this role asks for
75% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Waymo's standard text, folded away below.
Compared with Waymo's other open jobs.
The team: CSI (7LV) HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 44 open in CSI (7LV). 5 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in July: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
C++ (38 of 44), Machine Learning (14 of 44), Java (12 of 44), Python (11 of 44), Android (7 of 44), Embedded Systems (7 of 44), gRPC (6 of 44)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Growth posted Oct 13
- Machine Learning Engineer - Gen SWE posted Oct 13
- Software Engineer, Real-Time Communication Infrastructure posted Oct 7
- Senior Software Engineer, Chassis posted Oct 1
- Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Response Efficiency & Optimization posted Sep 29
- Senior Software Engineer - ML/ Fraud Prevention posted Sep 21
- Senior Software Engineer, Mission Planning posted Sep 21
- Senior Software Engineer, Supply Infrastructure posted Sep 21
- Staff Android Engineer, In-Car Experience posted Sep 15
- 2027 Summer Intern, BS/MS, Software Engineering, Commercialization posted Sep 14
- Senior Software Engineer, Mapping Data & Eval posted Sep 10
- Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Lead posted Sep 4
- Staff Software Engineer, Fleet Optimization posted Aug 31
- Sr. Staff Data Architect posted Aug 31
- Site Reliability Engineering, Technical Lead Manager posted Aug 25
- Software Engineer, Marketplace Logistic posted Aug 18
- Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Fleet Orchestration, TLM posted Jul 25
- Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Response Infrastructure posted Jul 22
- Senior Software Engineer, ICX Graphics posted Jul 21
- Staff Software Engineer, 3D & Data Visualization Tools posted Jun 11
- Staff Software Engineer, Chassis posted Jun 2
- Staff Software Engineer, Driver Validation posted May 27
- Technical Lead Manager, Query & Storage SWE posted May 22
- Tech Lead Manager, Data Engineer posted May 21
- Senior Staff Technical Lead Manager, In-Car Experience posted May 18
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Fleet Monitoring & Response posted May 18
- Machine Learning Engineer, Marketplace Pricing posted May 12
- Staff Software Engineer, Booking posted May 12
- Staff Software Engineer, Speciality PUDO posted May 12
- Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Marketplace ML Platform posted May 12
- Staff iOS Engineer, Growth posted May 4
- Staff Software Engineer / Technical Lead Manager posted Mar 16
- Senior Android Engineer, In-Car Experience posted Dec 26
- Senior Software Engineer, Mapping Field Response posted Dec 22
- Sr Software Engineer, Android Automotive posted Dec 19
- Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Workshop Management posted Dec 17
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Mapping posted Dec 9
- Senior Data Engineer posted Dec 9
- Sr Software Engineer, Telematics posted Dec 9
- Marketplace Platform, TLM posted Dec 4
- Senior Android Platform Engineer posted Nov 7
- Senior Security Engineer posted Aug 19
- Senior Software Engineer, Linux Kernel posted Jul 16
From the team and dates on Waymo's own job board.
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