# Software Engineer - C++ Core Data

**Company:** [Zoox](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zoox)
**Location:** Foster City, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $175k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** C++, Multithreading, Concurrency, Inter-Process Communication, Networking, Distributed Systems, Real-Time Systems, Filesystems, Storage Systems, Performance Profiling
**Posted:** 2026-08-25

> Build foundational, high-performance C++ systems that capture, store, retrieve, and transmit data from autonomous vehicle fleets. The role requires a bachelor’s degree, 3+ years of software development experience, and expertise in concurrency, networking, or inter-process communication.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Contribute to the technical architecture and implementation of on-vehicle data systems.
- Design and develop reliable, high-performance systems for capturing, storing, retrieving, and transmitting vehicle data under strict real-time and resource constraints.
- Own complex technical problems from investigation through design, implementation, validation, and rollout.
- Collaborate across teams on requirements definition, design reviews, and code reviews.

## Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field.
- 3+ years of professional software development experience.
- Strong proficiency in modern C++.
- Experience with multithreading, concurrency, inter-process communication, or networking.
- Strong problem-solving skills, including investigation across multiple software and hardware layers.
- Clear technical communication and effective cross-team collaboration.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicles, or other distributed real-time systems.
- Familiarity with filesystems, storage hardware, or high-throughput data systems.
- Experience with performance analysis and profiling.

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