Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Ride and Fleet Services
zoox
Foster City, CA · Foster City · Canada
Posted Jan 12, 2026
$230,000–$315,000 per year
- Full-time
- Software
- Software Engineer jobs in Canada
Job description
We are looking for a Senior/Staff Software Engineer to lead the development and scaling of our cloud services and APIs that handle ride hailing for Zoox’s production-grade robotaxi service. These services include dispatch, routing, payments, mobile APIs, telemetry processing, service metrics and more. ### In this role, you will: - Design and build scalable, efficient, and robust backend systems for Zoox’s ride-hailing service - Own core functionality such as payments, fleet dispatch, service management - Make significant contributions to technical roadmaps, development plans and execute on them effectively. - Uphold engineering excellence by demonstrating best practices in software development including design review, code review, software testing and documentation. ### Qualifications - 8+ years of cloud software experience - Experience running and optimizing production-grade systems for maximum efficiency and resilience. - Extensive experience with the design, implementation and operation of backend microservices. - Proficiency with Kotlin or Java, REST APIs and SQL. - Experience running production services using cloud infrastructure such as Kubernetes and Docker ### Bonus Qualifications - Experience with Spring Boot based microservice architectures, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch - Experience in transportation, robotics, logistics, or autonomous vehicles. - Experience with event driven architecture and Kafka.