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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 12 days Zoox's roles stay open a median of 44 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 2% of Zoox's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Zoox
- low 0 stale, 2 reposted of 249 open
- Hiring momentum
- 309 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Zoox's own lever board since 2026-08-04. Full hiring picture for Zoox.
About this role
The Lead Data Platform Engineer at Zoox will be responsible for architecting and optimizing a high-throughput data fabric that integrates data across the organization and supports AI initiatives. This role involves driving performance tuning, cost optimization, and establishing data governance and CI/CD pipelines to ensure secure, low-latency data access. The engineer will also lead the development of scalable data infrastructure and set standards for security and developer velocity.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Zoox as an employer.
What you need
- Experience in architecting and optimizing data platforms
- Strong understanding of performance tuning and cost optimization
- Knowledge of RBAC and data governance
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to design autonomous frameworks and scalable data infrastructure
- Leadership skills in an engineering-intensive environment
Worth weighing
- No specific salary or benefits listed
- Role emphasizes hands-on engineering and leadership, which may require a strong technical background
- Focus on building a data platform for AI applications, which may involve complex challenges
Summarised from Zoox's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Zoox on their lever job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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