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Zoox

Senior Software Engineer - Performance

Senior performance engineer instruments, monitors, analyzes, and optimizes performance-critical algorithms in real-time self-driving systems. Requires 6+ years experience with C++, large codebases, profiling complex multi-process systems like robotics or game engines.

217k – 307kFoster City, CASeattle, WABoston, MA+1 moreBackend EngineeringHybrid6+ YOE
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About the role

Responsibilities

  • Build real-time instrumentation for performance monitoring of the system as well as benchmarking frameworks to support offline performance evaluation.
  • Create performance-optimization workflows (quick iteration loops) to evaluate and analyze performance at scale.
  • Analyze profiling data to identify resource utilization hotspots and optimization opportunities.
  • Propose and co-implement actionable solutions with software component teams.
  • Support teams in helping to squeeze out the maximum performance of their code, while minimizing resource contention.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of professional experience in software development or related fields
  • Hands-on experience in the development, debugging, and profiling of complex multi-process real-time systems, like game engines or robotics systems
  • Strong knowledge of C++ and experience in large code bases
  • Familiar with CPU system architecture and OS fundamentals
  • Good communication and organization skills, with a logical approach to problem-solving, good time management, and task prioritization skills

Bonus Qualifications

  • Experience using various Linux performance monitor tools, such as perf, eBPF, Perfetto
  • Kernel and/or driver development experience
  • Experience with software & hardware benchmarking and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems

Skills

C++LinuxPerfEbpfPerfettoProfilingBenchmarkingCpu ArchitectureReal-Time SystemsKernel Development

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