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Staff/Senior Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack

Zoox· Software Systems / Infrastructure
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Hybrid (Foster City, CA)$285k - $350kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Technical lead for Geofencer, Zoox's geospatial platform, owning architecture and delivery across the full stack from frontend to backend and release pipelines in a safety-critical domain.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of Geofencer across the stack: a React/TypeScript SPA with interactive map editing and Python backend services (FastAPI, SQLAlchemy/GeoAlchemy2, Celery) on PostgreSQL/PostGIS
  • Own core geospatial data workflows: versioned geofence editing, road-network annotation, drivable-area computation and connectivity validation, and the Plan of Record release process that publishes operational constraints to the fleet
  • Integrate with the Zoox ecosystem: Zoox Road Network map graph, S3 artifact pipelines, downstream fleet and mission systems, and ML-assisted annotation workflows
  • Operate production infrastructure: Bazel builds, Docker/Kubernetes deployment, observability (Grafana, Sentry, OpenTelemetry), CI/CD and automation scripts for data migrations, bulk annotations, metrics
  • Drive cross-functional alignment with operations, mapping, and autonomy stakeholders; translate operational needs into scalable technical solutions; mentor engineers on the team

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering, mathematics, or related field
  • 10+ years of industry experience building and operating production fullstack systems on large code bases
  • Strong proficiency in Python backend services (FastAPI/Flask/Django or similar), React with TypeScript/JavaScript, relational databases, async/task-queue architectures, and scripting/automation (Python, shell)
  • Experience with Linux, cloud infrastructure (AWS or similar), containerized deployment, build systems, version control, testing methodologies, and CI/CD
  • Demonstrated technical leadership: driving multi-quarter projects, setting architectural direction, and mentoring engineers

Skills

Required:React with TypeScriptPython backend services (FastAPI, SQLAlchemy/GeoAlchemy2, Celery)PostgreSQL/PostGISLinux and cloud infrastructure
Nice to have:Map visualization technologies (deck.gl, Mapbox)

Benefits

  • paid time off (sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
  • unpaid time off
  • Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
  • Amazon RSUs
  • health insurance
  • long-term care insurance
  • long-term and short-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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