# Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Training Optimization at Zoox

> Set technical direction for distributed ML training optimization, partnering with autonomy teams and mentoring engineers on the team roadmap.

- Company: Zoox (zoox.com)
- Location: Foster City, CA
- Places: Foster City, United States
- Posted: 2026-10-16
- Level: Senior/Staff
- Team: ML Platform
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/zoox/2ae1f38f-1b7e-4ec1-8a20-cc3816f96878
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/senior-staff-software-engineer-ml-training-optimization-zoox-kn74arsn2acec04ve7tbb63bbd8hdmks

## The posting

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Training Optimization
Zoox · Foster City, CA

Zoox is on a mission to reimagine transportation and build ground-up autonomous robotaxis that are safe, reliable, clean, and enjoyable for everyone. We’re still early in deploying on public roads, so this is a great time to join and have a significant impact. The ML Platform team enables innovation in large-scale Foundation models, VLMs, and VLAs to make autonomous driving as seamless as possible.

**The Opportunity**Are you excited to own ML training optimization at Zoox and make the models that power autonomous driving train faster, cheaper, and at greater scale? You’ll set technical direction for distributed training, parallelism strategies, mixed-precision training, and RL on SOTA accelerators, especially for multi-modal VLA and VLM models. You’ll partner with all Autonomy teams (Perception, Prediction, Planner, Simulation, Collision Avoidance) and act as a force multiplier for our internal customers, while mentoring engineers and shaping the team’s roadmap as we expand into new ML domains. If you want to learn more about our stack behind autonomous driving, please look[here](https://zoox.com/autonomy/). If you want to learn more about our ML Infrastructure, here is one of our[past talks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-LpPv9vBvk) at re:Invent.

### In this role, you will:

### Qualifications

**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. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.

[Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/zoox-inc)

**Accommodations**

If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to accommodations@zoox.com or your assigned recruiter.

_**A Final Note:**_

_You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills._