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Zoox · 23 hours ago

Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Ride and Fleet Services

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$219K/yr - $300K/yr
date8+ years exp

Zoox is developing a fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development and scaling of cloud services and APIs for their ride-hailing service, focusing on backend systems, payments, and fleet dispatch.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesMachine LearningRoboticsTransportation
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Responsibilities

Design and build scalable, efficient, and robust backend systems for Zoox’s ride-hailing service
Own core functionality such as payments, fleet dispatch, service management
Make significant contributions to technical roadmaps, development plans and execute on them effectively
Uphold engineering excellence by demonstrating best practices in software development including design review, code review, software testing and documentation

Qualification

Cloud software experienceBackend microservicesKotlinJavaREST APIsSQLKubernetesDockerSpring BootPostgreSQLElasticsearchEvent driven architectureKafkaTransportation experienceRobotics experienceLogistics experienceAutonomous vehicles experience

Required

8+ years of cloud software experience
Experience running and optimizing production-grade systems for maximum efficiency and resilience
Extensive experience with the design, implementation and operation of backend microservices
Proficiency with Kotlin or Java, REST APIs and SQL
Experience running production services using cloud infrastructure such as Kubernetes and Docker

Preferred

Experience with Spring Boot based microservice architectures, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch
Experience in transportation, robotics, logistics, or autonomous vehicles
Experience with event driven architecture and Kafka

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

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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)
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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

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Nelson Pedreiro
Sr. Vice President, Hardware
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Zheng Gao
Director of Hardware Engineering
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