
Senior Software Engineer – C++, GPU Performance
Zoox
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Foster City • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $217,000 - $307,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Build real-time instrumentation for performance monitoring (CPU, GPU, latency, memory) and develop offline benchmarking frameworks, tools, and scripts to evaluate & analyze performance at scale in CI/vehicle, and establish budgets for next-gen architectures.
- Analyze performance metrics to identify GPU hotspots and root causes, and propose and co-implement actionable solutions with component teams.
- Support teams on bringing serial algorithms to the GPU to maximize compute utilization and improve overall latency.
- Work as part of the Core team to design a middleware framework that promotes by default efficient and performant code development by maximizing CPU and GPU.
Requirements
- BS in computer science or related field and 7+ years of experience.
- Strong knowledge of CUDA as applied to recent GPU microarchitectures (e.g., Ampere, Blackwell) and experience debugging/optimizing GPU kernels using tools like Nsight.
- Strong knowledge of C++ and experience in large code bases, comfortable in Linux development environments.
- Experience in development, debugging, and profiling of complex multiprocess systems (e.g., robotic systems, game engines).
Benefits
- health insurance
- long-term care insurance
- long-term and short-term disability insurance
- life insurance
- paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
- unpaid time off
- Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
- Amazon RSUs
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Hard Skills & Tools
CUDAC++performance monitoringdebuggingoptimizing GPU kernelsprofilingmultiprocess systemsreal-time instrumentationoffline benchmarkinglatency analysis
Certifications
BS in computer science