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Zoox

Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle
Location
Foster CityCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Artificial Intelligence
Posted
May 28, 2026
Salary
$177,000–$270,000 a year
Full-time

Software Engineer, ML Performance Optimization

Job description

Zoox — Software Engineer, ML Performance Optimization (Foster City, California).

Job responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and operate cutting-edge ML Training OR Inference performance optimization techniques to scale our VLM, VLA, and Foundational models and deploy them efficiently in our robotaxi.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including ML researchers, software engineers, data engineers, and hardware engineers, to define requirements and align on architectural decisions.

Job requirements

  • 4+ years of total experience, including 2+ years of working on large-scale model training or inference platforms.
  • Experience with training frameworks like PyTorch, leveraging GPUs efficiently for distributed model training.
  • Experience with GPU-accelerated inference using TensorRT or similar frameworks.
  • Experience using profiling tools like NVIDIA's Nsight or PyTorch's Profiler for identifying model training and serving bottlenecks.
  • Proficient in Python or C++.

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