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Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Performance Optimization

Zoox · Foster City, CA

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
79 days
Zoox's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
2% of Zoox's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Zoox
high
241 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
2026-10-23

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 Senior/Staff Software Engineer for ML Inference Optimization at Zoox will focus on enhancing the efficiency and speed of ML models that support autonomous driving. This role involves working with state-of-the-art accelerators and implementing advanced techniques such as distributed training, quantization, distillation, and pruning. Collaboration with various autonomy teams is key, as is contributing to the development of ML tools and systems used for both in-vehicle and off-vehicle applications.

Our read on this posting2.2out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
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 with ML inference optimization
  • Proficiency in distributed training techniques
  • Knowledge of quantization, distillation, and pruning
  • Strong software engineering skills

Worth weighing

  • The role involves working with cutting-edge ML techniques and technologies, which may provide significant learning opportunities.
  • The job is focused on a specific area of ML within the broader context of autonomous driving, which could limit exposure to other domains.
  • No specific compensation or benefits are mentioned in the posting.

Summarised from Zoox's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Zoox on their lever job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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