Staff Software Engineer - Perception Data

Zoox•Foster City, CA

57d•$250,000 - $300,000

About The Position

This team owns the data and data platform to support all Perception model training and validation, as well as system validation beyond Perception. The platform supports sample curation, data mining, data labeling, and ML dataset management. High quality data and efficient data flywheel are central to ML model development, enabling teams to efficiently iterate and improve model performance at scale while Zoox expands its business domain. In this role, you will improve and scale the platform, while also building new features and expanding cross-pillar adoption through Python/C++ tooling, APIs, and data engineering. Your work spans backend API development, data pipelines, and integration with model training and testing workflows, ultimately providing the infrastructure that powers data flywheel at scale.

Requirements

10 YOE+
Expert-level proficiency in Python; experienced with or feeling comfortable ramping up C++
Strong background in high-performance computing, data processing, and software architecture design and implementation
Experience with data query and analysis on a large data warehouse, such as Databricks
Experience in working with AND supporting multiple teams (supporting ML teams is preferred), leading other team members

Nice To Haves

Experience in ML and data-driven mode development
Knowledge of frontend stack (JavaScript, Vue, or React.js)
Experience in tooling/infra that supports multiple teams

Responsibilities

Work on the Data Flywheel that supports multiple Perception ML teams with data mining, labeling, and curation, to help ML teams improve model performance via better data.
Quickly ramp up on our team's current stack and systems, deliver solutions, and improve solutions based on other teams' feedback
Innovate solutions that leverage AI to drive process automation and efficiency
Help coach more junior engineers by reviewing their design and implementation