Join a pioneering team responsible for designing and maintaining scalable systems for handling petabytes of data, shaping the future of autonomous transportation.
Zoox is transforming transportation with a mission to build autonomous robotaxis from the ground up—delivering a safer, cleaner, more reliable, and enjoyable future for all.
The Robot Data Platform team, as part of the Data Infrastructure organization, builds and operates the systems that manage data generated by Zoox’s autonomous vehicle fleet. We design, scale, and maintain infrastructure that ingests, stores, and serves hundreds of petabytes of vehicle data, empowering machine learning, data science, software engineering, fleet management, and safety analysis across the company.
As a member of this team, you’ll work alongside world-class software engineers to solve complex challenges in large-scale distributed data platforms, systems, and pipelines, shaping how Zoox leverages data to advance autonomous transportation.
In this role, you will:
Design, develop, and maintain scalable systems for collecting, cataloging, storing, and processing petabytes of vehicle data
Architect robust log data storage solutions using AWS S3, and distributed systems to ensure data integrity and availability
Lead technical design discussions, create design documents, and drive architectural decisions for complex data platform features
Implement monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling to ensure high availability and reliability of data pipelines processing thousands of runs daily
Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and establish best practices for data platform development
Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in data ingestion and storage systems, participating in on-call rotations
Qualifications
8+ years of software engineering experience in building large-scale distributed cloud storage systems or data platforms
Proficiency in Python and C++, or similar languages, with emphasis on writing clean, maintainable code
Extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), including S3, Aurora, and EC2
Proven experience designing and operating large-scale data ingestion and storage systems handling petabytes of data
Demonstrated strong ownership by driving projects from conception to completion and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams through clear communication.
Bonus Qualifications
Knowledge of data cataloging systems, metadata management, storage optimization, and data governance
Experience with monitoring and observability tools (such as Grafana, Cloudwatch)
Perks & BenefitsExtracted with AI
Health Insurance:
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits, including health insurance, long-term care insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
Paid Time Off:
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits, including paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
Zoox an American autonomous vehicle company currently headquartered in Foster City, California with multiple offices of operations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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