Software Development Engineer in Test, Zoox
Web Applications
$168-211k
+ Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
Office located in Foster City, CA
Autonomous vehicle technology
Be an early applicant
Autonomous vehicle technology
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$168-211k
+ Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
Office located in Foster City, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To reimagine transportation from the ground up.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test with proven skills in writing automation frameworks for cloud applications from scratch
- Strong proficiency with Python, Typescript, and tools like Git, Buildkite
- Experience building functional and performance automated tests for backend cloud applications
- A self-starter who is capable of defining and implementing new tools and processes from start to finish
Desirable
- Experience in implementing AI tools in the testing domain (Claude)
- Hands-on Playwright automation experience
What the job involves
- As a Software Development Engineer in Test on the Product Software Quality Assurance team, your role will focus on building scalable integration automation frameworks and enhancing existing frameworks for automated testing of web based cloud, backend and mobile applications
- You will design and implement functional and integration automation tests for cloud ops used by the Zoox customers and the backend applications, ensuring comprehensive test coverage at API, integration and end-to-end level
- By prioritizing automation for repetitive tasks, developing robust regression suites, and focusing on edge cases and high-stress scenarios, you will ensure the reliability of safety-critical tools
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable functional and test frameworks used across Zoox for integration and subsystem testing
- Collaborate closely with QA, SDETs, and software engineers on cross-team initiatives to maintain and continuously improve Zoox’s end-to-end validation workflows
- Lead feature-level testing by defining test strategy and plans, executing manual testing, and driving the transition to robust automation within Zoox’s integrated tooling ecosystem
- Support and partner with users of our frameworks and tools, continuously refining them to improve reliability, usability, and overall engineering efficiency
- Implement AI tools to make testing faster and more efficient
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.
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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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