SECTION I · THE BRIEF
Brief #10486Updated 08 APR 2026FOSTER CITY, CALeverSOFTWARE COMPANIES
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Software Engineer - Tools & Automation

Zoox is an American autonomous vehicle company currently headquartered in Foster City, California, United States with multiple offices of operations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The company was founded in…

Location
Foster City, CA
Company size
2,000–5,000
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2mo ago
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Software Engineer - Tools & Automation - Zoox

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Job Title
Software Engineer - Tools & Automation
Job Location
Foster City, CA
Job Description
As a Software Engineer and member of the Platform Stability team, you will help build, fine-tune, and maintain a novel AI-powered tool for diagnosing technical issues and identifying root causes. You will collaborate cross-functionally to gather requirements, develop AI/ML and analytical models, and drive data-driven insights — all as part of a high-performing team.
In this role, you will:
  • Design and implement agentic AI systems with structured interfaces, reasoning loops, and robust error handling

  • Build and maintain data pipelines, scheduled workflows, and benchmarking infrastructure

  • Develop evaluation and scoring systems to measure and continuously improve model output quality

  • Integrate the platform with internal and external services, including ticketing, messaging, storage, and observability

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical AI solutions

  • Architect and maintain production-grade AI solutions with focus on scalability, reliability, and performance

Qualifications
  • BS in relevant engineering discipline and 4+ years of relevant work experience
  • SW development, Strong Python with applications in AL/ML

  • Familiarity with AI agents and their applications, including prompt design, tool calling, context management, and evaluation

  • Experience or strong interest in Data Science and Engineering

  • Experience or strong interest in creating Analytical or AI/ML-based models for real-world problems

  • Strong problem-solving skills, especially in simplifying and modelling real-world problems

  • Bonus Qualifications
  • Familiarity with major LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, etc.) and understanding of their trade-offs in terms of performance, cost, latency, and capabilities

  • Experience integrating AI capabilities into applications or eagerness to learn application development

  • Full-stack development experience with both backend and frontend technologies

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    Where this role is based

    Foster City, CA

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    Zoox Headquarters Location

    Foster City, CA

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    Zoox Company Size

    Between 2,000 - 5,000 employees

    Zoox Founded Year

    2014

    Zoox Total Amount Raised

    $1,005,000,000

    Zoox Funding Rounds

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    • Convertible Note

      $200,000,000 USD

    • Convertible Note

      $200,000,000 USD

    • Series B

      $465,000,000 USD

    • Series B

      $465,000,000 USD

    • Series A

      $50,000,000 USD

    • Series A

      $50,000,000 USD

    • Series A

      $250,000,000 USD

    • Series A

      $250,000,000 USD

    • Seed

      $40,000,000 USD

    • Seed

      $40,000,000 USD