Senior Software Engineer - Core Data Infrastructure jobs in United States
cer-icon
Apply on Employer Site
company-logo

Zoox · 1 day ago

Senior Software Engineer - Core Data Infrastructure

positionFoster City, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$208K/yr - $300K/yr
date7+ years exp

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. The Senior Software Engineer will support the robot data transmission pipeline at scale, focusing on high-bandwidth logging, data offload telemetry, and large-scale data transmission.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesMachine LearningRoboticsTransportation
check
H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Develop software both on and off the robot to maximize system throughput when transmitting data
Work with key stakeholders to develop initial data infrastructure required for landing in new cities
Architect long-term network infrastructure design for permanent robot depots
Incorporate operational feedback to mature existing offload systems
Design software for ~100x growth of our fleet to support rapid expansion through the next several years

Qualification

PythonLinux systemsCloud servicesHigh performance networkingData volume managementSystem designCommunication skillsCritical thinking

Required

BS in computer science (or related field) or equivalent practical experience and 7+ years of experience
Strong written communication skills and ability to build consensus across multiple teams
Strong Python experience and comfort working in a language without automatic memory management (e.g., C or C++)
Linux systems knowledge: networks, filesystems, devices, etc
Experience with a cloud service provider with object storage (eg., AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage)

Preferred

Familiarity working hands-on with high performance networking and compute (100G+ Networking, WAN networks, high performance server deployment)
Experience dealing with data volumes at a Petabyte+ scale

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

twittertwittertwitter
Glassdoor3.8
company-logo
Zoox is an AI robotics company that provides mobility-as-a-service and self-driving car services. It is a sub-organization of Amazon.
dateFounded in 2014
location
Foster City, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://www.zoox.com/

H1B Sponsorship

Zoox has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (293)
2024 (297)
2023 (209)
2022 (204)
2021 (131)
2020 (83)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$955M
Key Investors
Grok Ventures
2020-06-26Acquired
2019-10-21Convertible Note· $200M
2018-07-08Series B· $465M

Leadership Team

leader-logo
Nelson Pedreiro
Sr. Vice President, Hardware
linkedin
Z
Zheng Gao
Director of Hardware Engineering
linkedin

Recent News

Channel NewsAsia
Amazon's Zoox to recall 332 US vehicles over software error
2025-12-24
AfroTech
Two Black Woman Leaders Are At The Forefront Of The Robotaxi Revolution As CEOs Of Major Vehicle Companies Waymo And Zoox
2025-12-17
Clean Technica
Zoox Becomes Robotaxi Partner for T-Mobile Arena
2025-12-13
Company data provided by crunchbase