Senior Software Engineer, Zoox
Performance
$217-307k
+ Restricted Stock Units and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
Autonomous vehicle technology
Be an early applicant
Autonomous vehicle technology
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$217-307k
+ Restricted Stock Units and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
1001+ employees
Company mission
To reimagine transportation from the ground up.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of professional experience in software development or related fields
- Hands-on experience in the development, debugging, and profiling of complex multi-process real-time systems, like game engines or robotics systems
- Strong knowledge of C++ and experience in large code bases
- Familiar with CPU system architecture and OS fundamentals
- Good communication and organization skills, with a logical approach to problem-solving, good time management, and task prioritization skills
- You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills
Desirable
- Experience using various Linux performance monitor tools, such as perf, eBPF, Perfetto
- Kernel and/or driver development experience
- Experience with software & hardware benchmarking and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems
What the job involves
- Zoox is building advanced self-driving hardware and software solutions. To attain the utmost efficiency that the system demands, we need you - an expert who understands both compute hardware architecture as well as the algorithms and middleware that run on it. Your contributions will be instrumental in achieving optimal power levels while maximizing throughput
- The Software Core Performance team’s mission is to analyze, optimize, and provide guidance to the software and hardware teams to meet expected system performance targets
- As a performance software engineer within the Software Core Performance team, you will instrument, monitor, analyze, and optimize performance-critical algorithms. Your broad experience in developing, debugging, and optimizing software will enable AI software to run as efficiently as possible
- Build real-time instrumentation for performance monitoring of the system as well as benchmarking frameworks to support offline performance evaluation
- Create performance-optimization workflows (quick iteration loops) to evaluate and analyze performance at scale
- Analyze profiling data to identify resource utilization hotspots and optimization opportunities
- Propose and co-implement actionable solutions with software component teams
- Support teams in helping to squeeze out the maximum performance of their code, while minimizing resource contention
Our take
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, opened its first Zoox factory for robotaxis in 2025, and is testing the autonomous vehicles in multiple cities in the US.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
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 HQ
Vintage Park, Foster City, CA
Leadership
Aicha Evans
(CEO)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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