Senior Software Engineer - Tools Integration

The Software Systems Infrastructure team is responsible for aiding the Software Systems organization with all its internal tooling needs, development processes and ensuring that all robot software meets a high bar for safety and stability in production vehicles. We are a high-paced software engineering team.

In this role, you will help establish infrastructure, design and develop software tools that will automate, track or audit processes and methods needed to build safety-critical software that will revolutionize transportation in the 21st century. Borrowing principles from avionics, automotive, and other safety-critical industries, you will work with software, systems and firmware engineers across the Zoox software organization, ranging from state-of-the-art AI Perception, all the way to highly-critical RTOS and middleware components.

You will work on exciting projects like building tools to compute code coverage for large monorepos, integrate third-party static analysis tools like Coverity, Parasoft, and dynamic analysis tools pytest-cov, build CI infrastructure to gate poor-quality code, and more.

In this role you will:

• Design and develop tools and infrastructure to help software teams build, track, and maintain safety-critical code, primarily using Bazel, Python, and backend technologies (e.g., databases, web servers).
• Interface with C++ and Python codebases while integrating third-party static/dynamic analyzers and code quality tools into Zoox's ecosystem.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with application, infrastructure, and safety teams to gather requirements and ensure alignment with high-assurance development practices.
• Maintain and troubleshoot internal tools, while also writing quick automation scripts (e.g., for metrics, traceability) to streamline workflows.
• Embrace an experimental, fail-fast mindset while tackling the unique challenges of building complex, safety-critical software for autonomous vehicles.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in an computer science, engineering, mathematics, or related field
• 10+ years of industry experience working on large code bases
• Strong proficiency in working with build infrastructure such as Bazel or Buck
• Strong proficiency in Python and one or more of its frameworks
• Strong proficiency in scripting using shell, Python, etc
• Experience with sql/nosql databases like Postgres, MongoDb, etc
• Experience with Linux and systems programming
• Experience with build systems, version control, and testing methodologies

Bonus Qualifications:

• Master’s or Phd in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related field with a research background
• Robotics, Automotive or Aerospace software experience
• Familiarity with Static and Dynamic Analysis Tools - such as Coverity, Parasoft, etc
• Experience with safety-critical systems

Base Salary Range

There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling, as well as positioning within a level, is determined by a range of factors, including, but not limited to, a candidate's relevant years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.

Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits, including 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, and life insurance.