Staff Cloud Engineer, Zoox
$236-297k
+ RSUs
Office located in Foster City, CA
Autonomous vehicle technology
Open for applications
Autonomous vehicle technology
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$236-297k
+ RSUs
Office located in Foster City, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To reimagine transportation from the ground up.
Role
Who you are
- AWS/GCP Expertise: Strong understanding of cloud products and services in a production environment, including infrastructure, capacity planning, scalability, backups, storage, security best practices, and emerging technologies
- IaC: Orchestration, Best practices, delivery, support self service user community - Terraform preferred but CloudFormation would be considered
- Automation Skills: Proven understanding of AI based software development best practices, programming/scripting languages, and Infrastructure as Code patterns
- Observability: Building dashboards and alerting systems, understanding and implementing observability frameworks
- Cost Optimization: Proven ability to identify and implement cost optimization practices within AWS ecosystems, including total cost of ownership, cloud cost optimization tools, and cost reporting services
- Cloud Computing Strategies: Deep understanding of cloud computing strategies and architecture, such as multi-cloud, hybrid and multi-user environments
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Operations, and Business Units, to achieve business objectives
- Communication Skills: Expert written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to communicate effectively with all levels of business
- You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position
Desirable
- Security Best Practices: Experience with AWS security best practices and compliance
- Team Leadership: Proven track record of working in a collaborative, team-oriented environment, with the ability to lead and mentor junior team members
- Kubernetes: Experience designing, deploying, and running containerized services, mostly on EKS
- AI/ML Services: Understanding of AI/ML AWS services and best practices
What the job involves
- Zoox is expanding its focus within the IT Platform team to further our mission of providing Autonomous Mobility. We are seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to support and enhance our use of AWS services. This role involves working cross-functionally with multiple engineering teams to ensure the best practices in cloud infrastructure
- Technical and Business Relationship: Maintain and manage the technical and business relationship between Zoox and its cloud providers
- Cost Management: Understand and maintain costs associated with Zoox's cloud platforms, ensuring cost efficiency and optimization
- AWS Best Practices: Implement AWS best practices for security, operations, cost management, resiliency, and performance across Zoox's cloud platforms
- Cloud Center of Excellence: Establish and lead a cloud center of excellence to drive innovation, efficiency, and best practices in cloud infrastructure
- Hybrid Cloud Strategy: Collaborate with multiple engineering teams to refine and enhance Zoox's hybrid cloud strategy
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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