2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Software Engineer, Multiverse
San Francisco, CA · HybridFull-time$70/hrPosted todayStill listed today
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Waymo’s Software Engineering team develops software for autonomous driving, including robotics, perception, decision-making, and deep learning. This hybrid onsite graduate internship focuses on infrastructure and scalable simulation data pipelines for evaluating the Waymo Driver’s driving capability. The intern will also apply software engineering best practices to improve code health or developer experience. Candidates are currently pursuing a master’s or PhD and have C/C++ proficiency; SQL, Python, and distributed systems familiarity are preferred.
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Full job 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.
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. If you’re a software engineer or researcher who’s curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we'd like to meet you.
Waymo interns partner with leaders in the industry on projects that create impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: applying your knowledge while providing you with opportunities to expand your skill-set. Interns are an important part of our culture and our recruiting pipeline. Join us at Waymo for a fun and rewarding internship!
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Contribute to the infrastructure to administer a “virtual driver’s test” for the Waymo Driver. Implement a project for our scalable simulation data pipelines that evaluate the driving capability of the Waymo Driver
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Apply software engineering best practices in order to improve code health and/or developer experience in the virtual driver’s test
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Currently pursuing graduate degree (Master's or PhD) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related technical field
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C/C++ proficiency
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Strong verbal and written communication skills
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Excited about autonomous driving, eager to learn
We prefer:
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SQL skills
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Python programming skills
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Familiarity with distributed systems
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Comfortable with AI-assisted development features and workflows
Note: This will be a hybrid onsite internship position. We will accept resumes on a rolling basis until the role is filled. To be in consideration for multiple roles, you will need to apply to each one individually - please apply to the top 3 roles you are interested in. The expected hourly rate for this full-time position is listed below. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
Hourly Masters Pay $70—$70 USD
The expected hourly rate for this full-time position is listed below. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
Hourly PhD Pay $85—$85 USD
How this job compares
Set against the 8,608 open Software Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70/hr
- California median$43–52/hr129 hourly ranges
- US median$30–45/hr503 hourly ranges
This rate, $70/hr, is 46% above the California median midpoint ($48/hr) — in the top quarter of Software Engineering hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,770 open Software Engineering jobs in California and 8,608 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Software Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (6,608 postings).
- Education
- 2,254 of the 8,608 open Software Engineering jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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