Senior Staff Software Engineer - Rider Experience

8 Months ago • 8 Years + • Software Development & Engineering • $241,000 PA - $336,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Zoox is seeking a technical leader to craft a delightful user experience across their rider-facing interfaces, including mobile apps, in-vehicle infotainment tablets, and orchestration systems. The role involves partnering with product, design, and engineering leadership to define technical vision, strategy, and roadmaps. Responsibilities include designing end-to-end technical solutions spanning user interfaces, cloud systems, and vehicle firmware, driving cross-team initiatives, establishing best practices for reliability and performance, and mentoring engineers. The company leverages Kotlin for its mobile apps, infotainment tablet, and cloud backend, with supporting technologies like Jetpack Compose, SwiftUI, AOSP, and C++.
Must have:
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with a Bachelor's in Computer Science.
  • Deep expertise in Android development using Kotlin.
  • Proven experience architecting full-stack applications.
  • Demonstrated success leading complex technical initiatives.
  • History of driving operational excellence and improving system reliability.
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills.
  • Strong track record of mentoring senior engineers.
Good to have:
  • Experience with embedded Android and AOSP.
  • Experience with Swift and iOS application development.
  • Experience with C++ application development.
  • Experience with large-scale distributed systems.

Job Details

Zoox is building the future of transportation. To do that, we’re also building an incredible crew—united by our mission, energized by our values, and driven by our purpose. We are seeking a technical leader to craft a delightful user experience across our various rider-facing interfaces. This includes our ride hailing mobile apps, in-vehicle infotainment tablet and the systems that orchestrate and manage the overall vehicle experience.

We leverage Kotlin as a foundational technology. Our mobile apps share cross-platform business logic via Kotlin MultiPlatform, our Infotainment tablet is an embedded Android App authored in Kotlin, even our cloud backend is written in Kotlin. Supporting technologies include Jetpack Compose for the Android view layer, SwiftUI for the iOS view layer, Android Open Source Platform (AOSP) for the infotainment platform and C++ for the components that manage and orchestrate the overall vehicle experience. 
Our ideal candidate has the expertise to go into depth with Android application development and a breadth of experience to influence across our full product stack, including cloud and robot software.

In this role, you will:

    • Partner with product, design and engineering leadership to define a technical vision, strategy and roadmap that complements the product direction.
    • Design end-to-end technical solutions that span not just our user interfaces, but also the cloud systems, autonomous planner and vehicle firmware that are their nearest neighbors.
    • Drive cross-team and cross-organization initiatives that execute and implement the aforementioned roadmaps and solutions.
    • Establish best practices for system reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
    • Mentor and provide technical leadership both within and outside of your immediate organization.

Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 8+ years of software engineering experience.
    • Deep expertise in Android development using Kotlin.
    • Proven experience in architecting and designing full-stack applications.
    • Demonstrated success leading complex technical initiatives across multiple teams.
    • Established history driving operational excellence, improving observability, performance and reliability of client and mobile systems.
    • Excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to influence both product and technical direction.
    • Strong track record of mentoring senior engineers and growing technical teams.

Bonus Qualifications

    • Experience with embedded Android and AOSP.
    • Experience with Swift and iOS application development.
    • Experience with C++ application development.
    • Experience with large-scale distributed systems.

About Zoox
Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.

Accommodations
If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to accommodations@zoox.com or your assigned recruiter.

A Final Note:
You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

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