Zoox · 10 hours ago
Software Engineer, Robot Data Platform
Foster City, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$175K/yr - $230K/yr
5+ years expZoox is transforming transportation with a mission to build autonomous robotaxis from the ground up. The Robot Data Platform team is responsible for building and operating systems that manage data generated by Zoox’s autonomous vehicle fleet, focusing on scalable systems for data collection, storage, and processing.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)TransportationRoboticsAutonomous VehiclesMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Take end-to-end ownership of design, development, and maintenance of scalable systems for collecting, cataloging, storing, and processing petabytes of vehicle data
Own the development and scaling of robust log data storage solutions using AWS S3, and distributed systems to ensure data integrity and availability
Drive the technical design for assigned features, creating detailed design documents, and actively contributing to broader team design discussions
Implement monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling to ensure high availability and reliability of data pipelines processing thousands of runs daily
Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in data ingestion and storage systems, participating in on-call rotations
Qualification
Required
5+ years of software engineering experience in building large-scale distributed cloud storage systems or data platforms
Proficiency in Python and C++, or similar languages, with emphasis on writing clean, maintainable code
Extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), including S3, Aurora, and EC2
Experience contributing to large-scale data ingestion and storage systems handling petabytes of data
Demonstrated ability to take full ownership of project components, driving them from implementation through to production while collaborating effectively with senior leads
Preferred
Knowledge of data cataloging systems, metadata management, storage optimization, and data governance
Experience with monitoring and observability tools (such as Grafana, Cloudwatch)
Benefits
Paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
Unpaid time off
Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
Amazon RSUs
Health insurance
Long-term care insurance
Long-term and short-term disability insurance
Life insurance
Company
Zoox
Zoox is an AI robotics company that provides mobility-as-a-service and self-driving car services. It is a sub-organization of Amazon.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$955MKey Investors
Grok VenturesBlackbird Ventures,Lux Capital,Thomas Tull,ThresholdLux Capital,Threshold
2020-06-26Acquired
2019-10-21Convertible Note· $200M
2018-07-08Series B· $465M
Leadership Team
Nelson Pedreiro
Sr. Vice President, Hardware
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Zheng Gao
Director of Hardware Engineering
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