Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Systems
About The Position
Our Calibration, Localization, and Mapping (CLAMS) team is responsible for building the algorithms and tools necessary for keeping Zoox vehicles well calibrated, always knowing where theyâre located within the world, and aware of their environment. Without precise calibration, localization, and mapping, our vehicles would be at a disadvantage when it comes to perceiving and reasoning about the surrounding world, and this is therefore foundational in enabling results from many other teams across Zoox. This work is critical for scaling autonomous driving in a safe and reliable way. We are looking for engineers who are ambitious and excited about helping Zoox deliver on its goals to deliver autonomous mobility.
Requirements
- Bachelors or higher in Computer Science or related field
- 6+ years of industry experience working on distributed systems
- Fluency in C++ and Python
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with AWS services (S3, EC2, Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB)
Nice To Haves
- Experience with geographic data and 3D meshes
- Experience with relational databases
- Background in robotics, autonomous systems, or geospatial data processing
- Experience with software profiling and performance tuning
Responsibilities
- Design and develop large distributed mapping systems that process sensor data across hundreds of compute nodes
- Architect scalable data pipelines and orchestration frameworks to improve system throughput and reliability
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in distributed workloads, optimizing for latency and resource utilization
- Lead technical design reviews and mentor engineers on best practices for distributed systems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define system requirements and technical roadmaps
- Contribute to all phases of the software development cycle including prototyping, requirements capture, design, implementation, and validation
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
