Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Ride and Fleet Services
zooxFoster City (CA)
Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Ride and Fleet Services
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zooxFoster City (CA)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Overview:
As a Staff Software Engineer at Zoox, you will design and scale backend systems powering our cloud services for ride-hailing. You’ll own core platforms like payments and fleet dispatch, influencing technical roadmaps and ensuring high reliability. You will collaborate across teams to uphold engineering excellence through reviews, testing, and documentation. This role offers an opportunity to shape the backbone of a production-grade robotaxi service and drive impact at scale. Compensation / Benefits paid time off health insurance long-term care insurance long-term and short-term disability insurance life insurance Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights and Amazon RSUs
Responsibilities:
Design and build scalable backend systems for ride-hailing services Own core functionalities such as payments and fleet dispatch Contribute to technical roadmaps and execution plans Uphold engineering excellence with design/code reviews, testing, and documentation
Key requirements:
8+ years of cloud software experience Experience running and optimizing production-grade systems Extensive experience with backend microservices Proficiency with Kotlin or Java, REST APIs and SQL Experience running production services on Kubernetes and Docker Kotlin Java REST APIs SQL Kubernetes Docker
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