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.
Skills Required
- Strong production Python experience
- Hands-on experience building distributed task/queue systems (e.g., Celery or equivalent) with message brokers and result backends
- Experience with message brokers/result backends (Redis or RabbitMQ)
- Deep pytest experience (fixtures, parametrization, scalable test suites)
- Designing REST and library/framework APIs for other teams to consume
- Solid distributed-systems and software-engineering fundamentals, systematic debugging across services
- Networking knowledge (HTTP, TCP/IP, container networking)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Docker
- Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL)
- Experience as a technical lead or architect owning systems end-to-end and mentoring other engineers
- Experience with Bazel or other large-monorepo build systems
- Deploying/operating services on AWS and Kubernetes (EKS), and experience with Helm and ArgoCD
- Observability tooling experience (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus)
- Background in manufacturing, hardware, or vehicle test systems (CAN, DoIP, Automotive Ethernet, HIL)
Zoox Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Zoox and has not been reviewed or approved by Zoox.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is extensive, with broad medical and vision options, company‑paid disability coverage, and multiple mental‑health resources. Feedback suggests coverage breadth and auxiliary programs support a wide range of needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include paid parental leave, additional pregnancy disability time, fertility coverage, and adoption/surrogacy assistance. Backup care and family‑oriented programs further reinforce support across life stages.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Day‑to‑day perks are robust, including free daily meals, fitness subsidies, commuter support, and on‑site amenities. Feedback suggests these lifestyle benefits enhance convenience and workplace experience, especially for office‑based roles.
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What We Do
Zoox is an autonomous mobility company that was founded to provide a safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable future on the road. To achieve that goal, the company has spent the past 10 years creating a purpose-built robotaxi that gives the world a better way to ride.
Why Work With Us
At Zoox, we are working to solve one of the greatest technological challenges of our generation. From the beginning, we have been focused on our goal of reimagining transportation from the ground up. We are a mission-driven community of innovators working together to create a safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable future on the road.
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