Senior Software Engineer, Continuous Deployment

Zoox; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

RSUs

Stock Appreciation Rights

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Long-term care insurance

Unpaid time off

Job summary

Zoox is seeking an experienced Platform/DevOps Engineer in California to own and optimize the continuous deployment platform, enabling fast, safe delivery to our autonomous vehicle software stack. You will partner with application teams and SRE to flatten friction and scale deployments.

Responsibilities include owning reliability, building a paved path for CD, mentoring engineers, and setting the bar for safe production launches across Zoox's growing fleet and cities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with platform, infrastructure, or production operations.
• Hands-on with a continuous deployment system in a large org; Harness preferred; ArgoCD, Spinnaker, or similar.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes and container deployments.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash and with IaC tools like Terraform and Helm.
• Excellent customer-facing skills with ability to turn fuzzy problems into concrete, measurable plans.
• Judgment to prioritize problems and self-direct when needed.

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability and operational excellence of the deployment platform.
• Build and own the paved path for continuous delivery and the safety net for platform trust.
• Collaborate with application teams and SRE to move services onto the paved path and reduce friction.
• Set the technical bar for safe production code deliveries and mentor engineers.

Skills

Platform engineering

CI/CD Systems

Kubernetes

Python

Go

Bash

Terraform

Helm

Customer-facing

Decision making

Tools

Harness

ArgoCD

Spinnaker

Job description

Zoox is developing state-of-the-art autonomous vehicle software for our purpose-built vehicle. We believe that developing the end-to-end product will not only help us scale our services but will also result in a superior customer experience. In this role, you will build and operate the continuous deployment platform that carries changes from merge to production. You will own both the platform and its adoption: building the paved path that every production change travels on and working directly with application teams to move them onto it. We are looking for an engineer who is opinionated about what the right path looks like, who has the judgment to decide where to hold the line and where to leave room for the team, and who has a strong bias toward execution. This is a critical role to remove friction from our release process, improve the deployment experience for everyone in the software organization, and ultimately help us scale our autonomous vehicle fleet to more riders and more cities.

In this role, you will:

• Own the reliability and operational excellence of our deployment platform
• Build and own the paved path for continuous delivery, and own the safety net that makes the platform trustworthy
• Work cross-functionally with application teams and SRE to move services onto the paved path, turning recurring friction into platform capability rather than one-off support
• Set the technical bar for how code is shipped safely to production, and mentor the engineers around you

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience in platform, infrastructure, or production operations
• Hands-on experience with a continuous deployment system in a large organization, Harness preferred; ArgoCD, Spinnaker or other relevant systems
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container-based deployments
• Expertise with programming languages like Python, Go, or Bash, and with "infrastructure as code" tools like Terraform and Helm
• Excellent customer-facing skills, turning fuzzy problems into concrete plans with measurable outcomes, driving delivery, and onboarding customers
• Judgment to pick the problem worth solving — you self-direct when the problem statement has not been written yet, and can tell a loud request from a high-impact one

Bonus Qualifications

• Building a multi-tenant internal platform that many teams depend on
• Experience migrating many teams off a legacy system onto a new one

There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package.

The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling, as well as positioning within a level, is determined by a range of factors, including, but not limited to, a candidate's relevant years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.

Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits, including paid time off (e.g. 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, and life insurance.

About ZooxZoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.

Follow us on LinkedInA Final Note: You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.