About this Software Engineer - Robot Link Platform role at Zoox
The Robot Link Platform team is looking for a Software Engineer to design and build cloud backend services. The team is critical in enabling successful driverless robotaxis service, operating at the intersection of Robot software and cloud services/front-end tools for fleet management, telemetry and rider support. Team members have diverse skill sets, high cross-functional interaction, and are uniquely positioned to interface with all aspects of Robot and service enablement.
As an engineer on this team, you will help design and build the microservices that ensure reliable, mission-critical communication as well as offer optimal abstraction between our robot and all the services for operation. You will architect platform solutions that support integration with various cloud services as well as front-end tools.
This is a rare opportunity that will require both your product sense and low-level systems thinking using complex network topologies and protocols.In this role, you will:
Develop and deploy scalable backend services that are reliable and fault tolerant
Write clear, testable, modular and maintainable code. Triage and troubleshoot issues spanning various cloud services, robot, transport protocols.
Define and implement key metrics to measure/monitor performance and reliability
Contribute to long term architecture, technology initiatives and technical roadmap
Work cross functionally with diverse engineering teams, Product and Program Management for successful delivery of solutions
Qualifications
BS / MS in Computer Science or similar degree and/or 4+ years of relevant experience
Proficiency in one or more programming languages like Typescript, Java, Python
Strong knowledge of REST, API design patterns, database technologies, caching mechanisms, performance optimizing techniques
Familiarity with webserver technologies like Node.js, Nginx, Apache etc.
Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
Familiarity with networking
