Contract Student Worker Software Engineer (6-month Contract) (20/hrs week)

Team: ZZ INACTIVE - Systems Engineering - Safety

Location: Foster City, CA

Commitment: Contract

Workplace Type: hybrid

In this role, you will:

• Help develop and implement scalable applications to automate the generation of Zoox’s safety metrics.
• Collaborate with software engineers and PMs to build and test new features.
• Improve existing tools by optimizing latency, CPU/memory usage, and database queries.

Qualifications:

• Exposure to SQL, Spark, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS, or Python.
• Experience with a Front-End UI Framework (e.g., Vue, React, Svelte) or a web framework (e.g., Flask, FastAPI).
• Comfortable using Google Suite or Microsoft Office; willing to learn tools like JIRA or Confluence.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Actively enrolled in a 2-year or 4-year college program pursuing a degree or certificate in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Familiarity with a low-level language such as Java, Kotlin, C, C++, or Rust.
• Understanding of low-level Linux system protocols, firmware, or ECUs.
• Experience or interest in using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor IDE, GitHub Copilot, or Claude Code.