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Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Planner Frameworks Pipeline

Zoox · Foster City, CA

hybridsenior$254,000–$350,000Posted Jun 16, 2026RayKubernetescontainersGPU

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## Overview Zoox is looking for an experienced software engineer to work on large-scale simulation pipelines used to validate the behavior of the Zoox self-driving vehicle. These are data- and GPU-intensive workloads built on **Ray.io** and **Kubernetes**. Given the massive scale and criticality of these pipelines, ensuring their reliability and efficiency directly impacts the company’s ability to safely and quickly iterate on autonomy development. ## Team & Scope - You’ll be part of a **small, scrappy team** within the larger Autonomy organization. - This role primarily focuses on **off-vehicle pipelines**, while working closely with engineers developing **on-vehicle algorithms and models**. - The team stays close to **end users (autonomy engineers)** and thinks about the **end-to-end validation use case**. ## What You’ll Do - Contribute to the framework’s **architecture** - Improve **reliability** and **efficiency** - Grow the framework’s capabilities to support **new use cases** - Maintain **production systems** with **high availability** ## What We’re Looking For - A track record of keeping **production systems running** reliably - Experience building and operating **large-scale, data/GPU-intensive** systems - Familiarity with **Ray.io** and **Kubernetes** is a plus - Experience with **robotics or autonomous systems** is **not required**, but an understanding of the **robotic data lifecycle** is preferred ## Role Type - **Hands-on** role with a **high degree of independence and ownership**

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