Senior Software Engineer, Zoox
$203-293k
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level.
Office located in Foster City
Autonomous vehicle technology
Job no longer available
Autonomous vehicle technology
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$203-293k
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level.
Office located in Foster City
1001+ employees
Company mission
To reimagine transportation from the ground up.
Role
Who you are
- A strong bias towards shipping working, well tested software
- Passionate about optimizing systems for maximum efficiency and resilience
- Extensive experience with design and implementation of backend services
- Experience with Kotlin or Java, Python, REST APIs and SQL
- Knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker
- Experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams
- Deeply cares about monitoring and diagnosing issues of production systems
- Degree in computer science or related degree
- Experience with Spring Boot based microservice architectures, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes or Docker
- Recent experience in programming languages such as Python or Kotlin
- Knowledgeable with privacy considerations and how to implement privacy best practices
- A drive towards building secure systems
- Experience optimizing SQL queries
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code, such as Helm or Terraform
- Experience with event driven architecture and Kafka
- Ability to leverage monitoring and metrics tools such as Prometheus/Grafana
What the job involves
- Ride and Fleet Services is looking for a Senior/Staff Software Engineer to help build and optimize a robust platform that orchestrates the Zoox robotaxi service
- Build out and scale up our robotaxi orchestration service and its key APIs that serve internal and external users
- Use existing monitoring, observability and stress-test tools to identify performance improvements and help implement them
- Iteratively improve monitoring and observability as our traffic grows
- Work closely with our Site Reliability Engineering team to optimally configure our services
- Identify key reliability risks and propose solutions to reduce them
- Work with our Security team to improve our security posture by managing dependencies, developing strong security practices and resolving identified issues
- Drive towards a culture of high test coverage and work closely with our Software Development Engineering in Test team members
- Audit, control and minimize privacy concerns to upkeep compliance
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Zoox, a self-driving vehicle company, was founded to make personal transportation safer and more enjoyable for all. It has aimed to achieve this goal by creating a new mode of driverless transportation, thus eradicating the safety and logistical issues that come with human drivers.
It revealed its custom vehicle design in December 2020, showcasing something different from just a car without a driver. Uniquely, all four wheels are independent of one another, and the vehicles have no front or back, making them more agile than a standard car. Zoox claims that it is different from other industry players because it has created an entire driverless ecosystem, including the vehicle itself, allowing it to have more control.
The company is fast becoming a major player in an industry that is predicted to be worth $2 trillion by 2030. Electric motors are highly desirable, particularly in an urban environment, as governments look for ways to reduce emissions and improve air quality. Zoox is aiming to play a vital role in this evolution towards more sustainable urban mobility. Amazon acquired the company in 2020 and, despite a general downturn in the sector through 2022, is building a Zoox factory and budgeting $1 billion per year for future development and production.
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2019
$200m
CONVERTIBLE
Jul 2018
$500m
SERIES B
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Paid parental leave
- Affinity groups and sports clubs
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
- Our crew’s health and happiness is our first priority. We offer comprehensive health and mental health support, a wellbeing program, and unlimited and flexible paid time away
- We invest in our crew—and their families—for the long term. That includes generous family planning support, caregiver support, and strong cash compensation with great equity upside
- We look after our crew when they’re in the office too. Our famous food program is a great example, featuring a daily changing menu of local and sustainable dishes
- There’s a busy calendar of social events at Zoox, with more sports teams than you can count. And, of course, playing with robots is an important part of the job description
Company values
- WE'RE DOING ONE THING THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING: Safer, cleaner, more enjoyable mobility—for everyone. One product and one mission, bringing us together and driving us forward.
- IT’S BIGGER THAN ANY OF US: Collaboration isn’t just something we talk about. It’s the only way we get this done. It takes trust, humility, and openness. And it means we pull together like no other team
- ONE ZOOX, ONE CREW: Zoox is an inclusive, diverse, supportive community. One where we celebrate together, face challenges together, and grow stronger together. And where we work hard to ensure no one is left out and everyone is part of the story.
- EVERY DAY IS A MILESTONE: From each line of code to each mile on the road, everything we do is another step forward in our mission. We ask questions, tackle problems head-on, and celebrate the progress we’re making
Company HQ
Vintage Park, Foster City, CA
Articles
Founders
Aicha Evans
(CEO, not founder)Having studied at the George Washington University, Aicha started her career with 2 years in Engineering at Skyworks before joining Intel, where she spent over 11 years. She left her role as Corporate Strategy Officer in February 2019 to join Zoox as CEO.
Jesse Levinson
(CTO)Prior to co-founding Zoox, completed a Computer Science PhD at Stanford University. Also created Pro HDR, a million+ selling mobile photography app.
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