Senior AI Developer Productivity Engineer

About the Role

The Developer Experience team at Zoox is dedicated to improving the process of developing autonomy software, services, and applications. We define and enforce best practices for engineering across the company, leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to improve development velocity and streamline engineering workflows. We're looking for an engineer with firsthand experience as a full-stack developer who understands engineering challenges at scale and can design and implement solutions to address them.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement LLM-powered solutions using frontier models like Claude, Gemini, and GPT.
• Build tools that leverage AI to improve engineer productivity by 10x through intelligent code assistance, automated code review, and operational efficiency improvements.
• Develop systems to automate development tasks including boilerplate generation, test creation, and code refactoring.
• Create intelligent workflows leveraging LLMs for bug detection, security vulnerability assessment, and code optimization.
• Bridge developer needs and infrastructure solutions while establishing best practices for responsible AI integration in the development pipeline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with 7+ years of industry experience.
• Solid experience as a full-stack or backend developer, showcasing a deep understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Fluency in at least one of the following languages: Python or C++.
• Experience with LLM evaluation metrics and performance optimization.
• Knowledge of using embedding models and vector databases.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience working with IDEs and LSPs.
• Experience developing and/or integrating debuggers with build systems.
• Experience managing and optimizing large monolithic repositories, including build systems, version control workflows, and developer tooling.