Senior Software Engineer, Test Infrastructure at Zoox
Foster City, MI
$215,000–$237,000
Jun 28, 2026
Foster City, MI
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on building and leading the platform that schedules, executes, and collects results from hardware build-integrity tests across a vehicle manufacturing line and deployed fleet. The work involves architecting a distributed task-orchestration system in Python, designing APIs and frameworks for other teams to integrate their own test suites, and technically leading a small team of engineers and contractors. It suits an experienced distributed-systems engineer with a strong testing and Python background who is comfortable owning a production platform end to end.
Senior level · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $215,000–$237,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 220 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 170–350
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $213,110 (middle half $173,650–$226,080). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (7)
This role sits at the boundary between a hands-on Staff/Senior IC and a people-manager: it owns architecture and builds the hardest components itself (IC signals), but also leads a small team of 2 engineers + 1–3 contractors with code review and technical direction (management signals). The primary day-to-day work described is building and owning the platform, so 15-1252 Software Developers is the primary code; 11-3021 Computer and Information Systems Managers is the close runner-up.
No explicit total years of experience is stated in the posting; seniority is inferred from the scope (end-to-end system ownership, technical lead/architect experience required, team leadership).
Redis and RabbitMQ are listed as interchangeable message-broker/result-backend options within the same requirement; Redis is named first and captured as the primary with RabbitMQ as an alternative.
Celery is listed with 'or equivalent' — well-known drop-in alternatives (RQ, Dramatiq, Huey) are populated in alternatives.
Bazel, AWS/Kubernetes (EKS, Helm, ArgoCD), and observability tooling (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus) all appear under the explicit 'Bonus Qualifications' heading and are marked preferred accordingly.
The salary range ($215,000–$237,000/year) is stated as base salary only; total compensation also includes Amazon RSUs, Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, and a potential sign-on bonus, which cannot be quantified from the posting.
Location is inferred as the San Jose/Foster City, CA area (Zoox's headquarters); the posting does not explicitly state a city but Zoox is headquartered in Foster City, CA, which falls within the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CBSA.
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