Senior Software Engineer, Zoox
Observability
$165-264k
+ Restricted Stock Units
Office located in Foster City, CA
Autonomous vehicle technology
Be an early applicant
Autonomous vehicle technology
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$165-264k
+ Restricted Stock Units
Office located in Foster City, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To reimagine transportation from the ground up.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for an engineer with experience in high-load or data-intensive applications who understands the complexities of distributed systems and knows how to design solutions that improve system reliability and performance
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, with 5+ years of industry experience
- Strong experience with high-load or data-intensive applications and a deep understanding of distributed systems
- Fluency in at least one of the following programming languages: Go, C++, Kotlin, Python
- Customer-focused mindset with a passion for building intuitive and robust observability solutions
Desirable
- Experience with OpenTelemetry or other observability tools
- A background in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps
- Open-source contributions
What the job involves
- The Observability team at Zoox is dedicated to enabling visibility across distributed systems by building an intuitive, robust observability platform
- Our mission is to empower engineering teams to make data-driven decisions and achieve operational excellence through best-in-class tools for metrics, traces, logs, events, and continuous profiling
- In this role, you will bridge the gap between infrastructure and application teams, focusing on creating solutions that enhance system visibility and the developer experience
- Define, implement, and advocate for best practices in observability
- Build and maintain a scalable observability platform that provides real-time insights into distributed systems and applications
- Collaborate with software and infrastructure teams to understand their requirements and develop solutions that drive operational excellence and data-driven decision-making
- Integrate and improve industry-standard tools like OpenTelemetry, Vector, Kafka, ClickHouse, and Grafana, while also developing custom tools when necessary
- Iterate on our own AI-powered observability assistant to enhance the developer experience and streamline troubleshooting workflows
- Create and maintain detailed documentation for observability tools and practices to ensure team-wide understanding and adoption
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, is building a Zoox factory and budgeting $1 billion per year for future development and production.
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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
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Leadership
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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