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# Senior Backend Engineer, Security

- **Company:** Waymo LLC
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), User Authentication, C++ (Programming Language), Cyber Security, X.509, Backend, Information Technology, Microservices
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_cfd7cd095519280ea40c3b2862e45650

## About the Role

* 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

## Description

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.