Staff iOS Engineer (Growth)
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- Software Engineering builds the brains of Waymo’s fully autonomous driving technology. Our software allows the Waymo Driver to perceive the world around it, make the right decision for every situation, and deliver people safely to their destinations
- We think deeply and solve complex technical challenges in areas like robotics, perception, decision-making and deep learning, while collaborating with hardware and systems engineers
- Lead technical strategy: Define the long-term architectural roadmap for the iOS platform, ensuring our codebase is modular, performant, and ready to scale as we launch in new cities
- Build and own key infrastructure: Own the foundational frameworks for networking, authentication, and local data persistence, ensuring they are optimized for performance and modularity
- Drive engineering excellence: Set the bar for Swift development, conducting deep technical design reviews (RFCs) and championing best practices in Swift Concurrency and UI performance
- Mentor and grow: Guide senior engineers on the team, helping them navigate complex technical challenges and elevate their architectural thinking
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
- Employee assistance programs focused on mental health
- Personalized workplace adjustments for diverse needs and abilities, including physical, mental, and neurodivergent considerations
- Access to mental health apps
- Onsite wellness centers
- Counseling services
- Second medical opinion for you and your loved ones
- Support programs including menopause benefit
- Medical advocacy program for transgender employees
- Competitive compensation
- Regular bonus and equity performance grant opportunities
- Generous 401(k) and regional retirement plans
- Annual cross-company compensation review and pay equity analysis
- 1-on-1 financial coaching
- Fertility and growing family assistance
- Parental leave and baby bonding leave
- Backup childcare
- Survivor income benefit
- Elder care and support
- Caregiver leave
- Paid time off, including vacation, bereavement, sick leave, parental leave, disability, and holidays
- Jury duty leave
- Military leave
- Hybrid work model with remote work opportunities also available
- Educational reimbursement
- Peer learning and coaching platform
- Donation matching programs
- Volunteer hours
- Employee resource groups
- Internal community groups and local culture clubs
- Inspiring spaces to work, recharge, and collaborate with fellow Waymonauts
- On-site meals and snacks
- Fitness centers, massage programs, and ergonomic support
- On-demand fitness, wellbeing, and cooking classes
- Commuter benefits
- If you’re a software engineer or researcher who’s curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we’d like to meet you
- Experience with SwiftUI in a production environment
- Client-server protocols (gRPC, Protobuf)
- 6+ years of experience building and shipping mobile apps from scratch using best practices
- Passion and experience building user-facing products
- Focus on pixel-perfect UI
- Experience partnering with product managers, designers, vehicle or robotics engineers
- B.S, or M.S. in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Test-driven development
- Bluetooth and Bluetooth LE
- Experience building and releasing on the iOS App Store
- Experience with UIKit, CoreAnimation, and other iOS libraries
- Experience with C++