The Senior Software Engineer will lead the architecture and development of Zoox's test-orchestration platform, focusing on distributed task scheduling and reliability. The role involves managing a small engineering team and building resilient APIs for manufacturing and fleet operations.
- Compensation
- USD 206,000–247,000 / year
What you need
- Python
- Distributed Systems
- Celery
- Redis
- RabbitMQ
- pytest Frameworks
What you will own
- Own the architecture and core of the test-orchestration platform, including distributed task scheduling and execution
- Lead a small engineering team of two engineers and contractors, setting technical direction and reviewing code
- Design for platform resilience at scale, ensuring safe cancellation and predictable behavior across hundreds of test runs
- Build clean APIs and frameworks to allow other teams to integrate test suites without forking the platform
Core skillsPythonDistributed SystemsCeleryRedis
Zoox builds and operates a fleet of purpose-built robotaxis, and every vehicle must prove its build integrity before it can carry riders. The HWSI team builds the platform that authors, schedules, and executes Build Integrity Tests (BIT) across the manufacturing line and the fleet, and turns the results into the data that engineers and operators rely on every day.In this role, you will:
Own the architecture and core of our test-orchestration platform - the distributed task scheduling, execution, and result-collection engine that runs tests across manufacturing and the fleet - and you'll personally build its most complex, reliability-critical components.
Lead a small engineering team of two engineers plus 1–3 contractors: setting technical direction, reviewing code, and growing the team's impact.
Make the platform resilient at scale - design for safe mid-run cancellation, no result loss under failure, and predictable behavior across hundreds of test runs as the line moves toward high production rate.
Build clean APIs and frameworks that let other teams plug their own test suites into the platform without forking it, multiplying the team's reach across Manufacturing, Systems Integration, and Fleet operations.
Partner across the company - with multiple teams to ship test tooling that production and validation campaigns depend on.
Qualifications:
Strong production Python, including hands-on experience building distributed task/queue systems (e.g., Celery or equivalent) with a message broker and result backend (Redis / RabbitMQ) - task lifecycles, retries, cancellation, and worker reliability.
Demonstrated ability to design and maintain test frameworks for large codebases (deep pytest experience: fixtures, parametrization, scalable suites), and to design REST and library/framework APIs that other engineers build on.
Solid software-engineering and distributed-systems fundamentals - systematic debugging across services, networking (HTTP, TCP/IP, container networking), CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and relational databases (PostgreSQL).
Experience as a technical lead or architect - owning a system end to end, setting direction, and reviewing/mentoring other engineers' work.
Bonus Qualifications
Experience with Bazel (or another large-monorepo build system with hermetic/reproducible builds).
Experience deploying and operating services on AWS/Kubernetes (EKS, Helm, ArgoCD) and with observability tooling (OpenTelemetry, Grafana/Prometheus).
Background in manufacturing, hardware, or vehicle test systems (CAN/DoIP, Automotive Ethernet, HIL) and working with cross-functional production teams.
Additional
About ZooxZoox 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.
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AccommodationsIf 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.
