Staff/Senior Staff Software Platform Engineer
Zoox
In this role, you will:
- Design and implement highly scalable and reliable systems to support Zoox's autonomous vehicle platform.
- Lead efforts to optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, and reporting systems to ensure proactive identification and resolution of issues.
- Collaborate with software engineering teams to improve deployment processes and automation.
- Conduct root cause analysis of production issues and implement corrective actions.
- Design and implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
- Mentor and guide junior engineers, promoting best practices in site reliability engineering.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. Master’s degree preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in site reliability engineering or a similar role, with a strong background in designing and maintaining large-scale distributed systems.
- Proven experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Have familiarity with Linux, no matter the flavor
- Expertise in container orchestration technologies like Kubernetes.
- Deep understanding of networking, storage, and database technologies.
- Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Go, C/C++ or Java.
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Ansible, Salt, Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing potential issues.
- Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the automotive or autonomous vehicle industry.
- Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements.
- Previous experience in a leadership or mentorship role.