Hiring: Senior/Staff Software Engineer - ML/AI Applications Company: Zoox Location: Foster City, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-14 13:57:56 Target Skills & Keywords : AI, JWT, Kubernetes, Machine Learning, OAuth2, OIDC, Program Management, Python, REST, TLS About the job Experience: •7+ years of software engineering experience, strong in integration, platform, or backend roles. Required Skills: •As a Technical Lead on Zoox's internal agentic platform, you will own end-to-end integration of a tool-centric agent runtime with external and internal agent clients, line of business backends, scheduled and interactive agent workloads, and cloud operations (Kubernetes, observability, secrets management). •Translate architecture and security intent into stable tool contracts, testable integration milestones, and repeatable releases, and you will be the primary engineer when issues sit at the boundary between product surfaces, platform services, and upstream systems. •In This Role, You Will Qualifications: •BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field with 7+ years of software engineering experience, strong in integration, platform, or backend roles. •Strong Python (production services, async I/O, automated testing) and comfort in a large monorepo with CI-driven delivery. •Deep experience with HTTP integration (REST/JSON-RPC, TLS, debugging under load) and shipping services on Kubernetes (deployments, health checks, troubleshooting). •Auth integration experience: bearer tokens, JWT validation, OAuth2/OIDC or enterprise SSO concepts, and least-privilege scoping •Exposure to Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar agent tool-calling and orchestration models used in industry or internal platforms. •Observability-led integration habits: metrics, traces, structured logging, and basic SLO or dashboard thinking for integration health. •Background in security-sensitive integrations (data minimization, external partner access, review cycles with security or compliance). Compensation: •A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!