Senior Software Engineer HPC Cost Optimization & Efficiency
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Job Location:
Foster, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Zoox is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to drive cost optimization and efficiency improvements across our custom High-Performance Computing infrastructure managing annual compute spend. As Zoox scales its autonomous vehicle development intelligent resource management and cost efficiency have become critical to our success. You will modernize our HPC platformbuilt on industry-leading technologies like SLURM and Kuberneteswith a focus on maximizing utilization eliminating waste and reducing cloud costs while maintaining world-class developer velocity. These HPC services form the backbone of development workflows across all Zoox software teams from data engineering to training our AI models in Perception Planner Prediction to Simulation and more. You will have a direct impact on Zooxs bottom line through measurable cost reductions and efficiency gains.
The position comes with a high degree of independence and the opportunity to define Zooxs compute economics strategy both technically and organizationally. You will work closely with stakeholders in Autonomy and Software teams to balance performance requirements with cost constraints incorporating FinOps best practices and the latest cost optimization techniques.
In this role you will:
- Design and implement cost optimization strategies across distributed compute infrastructure targeting millions in annual savings
- Build cost visibility attribution and chargeback systems to drive accountability and informed decision-making
- Optimize job scheduling algorithms and auto-scaling policies to maximize resource utilization and minimize idle capacity
- Design multi-region orchestration strategies that optimize for data locality cost and performance
- Identify and eliminate inefficient workload patterns through profiling analysis and developer education by coordinating with workload owners across multiple teams
- Evaluate new technologies and paradigms that reduce cost while meeting Zooxs computational and storage needs
- Develop cost forecasting models and budget management tools for capacity planning
- Implement cloud cost optimization strategies including spot instances reserved capacity and right-sizing
- Create production-grade APIs SDKs and tools that make cost-efficient patterns the default developer experience
Qualifications
- Experience optimizing large-scale distributed systems for cost and efficiency
- Experience with particularly Ray Core and Ray Data
- Experience with Kubernetes particularly for heterogeneous workloads and cost optimization
- Experience with cloud cost management on AWS (Cost Explorer) or similar providers
- Track record of achieving measurable cost reductions in production infrastructure
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize development work and build cross-functional consensus around cost/performance tradeoffsProficiency with Python
Bonus Qualifications
- Understanding of FinOps principles and practices
- Experience building cost attribution chargeback or showback systems
- Exposure to machine learning workloads (training inference data generation) from a cost optimization perspective
- Experience with Kubernetes or SLURM at scale (>10k nodes)
- Experience with SLURM workload manager and advanced scheduling policies
- Background in algorithmic optimization or operations research
$219000 - $263000 a year
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling as well as positioning within a level is determined by a range of factors including but not limited to a candidates relevant years of experience domain knowledge and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (e.g. sick leave vacation bereavement) unpaid time off Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights Amazon RSUs health insurance long-term care insurance long-term and short-term disability insurance and life insurance.
About Zoox
Zoox is developing the first ground-up fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics machine learning and design Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. Were looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
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About Company
We’re reinventing personal transportation—making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable for everyone. This is on-demand autonomous ride-hailing.
