Zoox

Lead AI Engineer – Enterprise Data & AI

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8 hours ago
Foster City, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$230k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and deploy production-grade LLM applications and intelligent agents supporting complex reasoning, secure tool usage, and autonomous multi-step workflows.
  • Architect standardized MCP server and enterprise data/tool integrations across Procurement, Supply Chain, Legal, Finance, HR, and Manufacturing systems.
  • Implement AI gateway security controls including authentication, rate limiting, logging, and policy compliance for model and agent traffic.
  • Implement SSO-based identity inheritance so agents operate within the requesting user's permissions without privilege escalation or standing overreach.
  • Partner with Information Security on RBAC/ABAC access controls and establish observability standards for agent behavior and data access.
  • Build secure, code-driven AI automation with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Software Engineering.
  • 2+ years of experience deploying GenAI or LLM systems in production.
  • Deep proficiency in Python and experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, provider-native orchestration, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Assistants/Agents SDK, or comparable implementations.
  • Hands-on experience building or integrating MCP servers or comparable connector frameworks.
  • Experience with AI gateway solutions such as Cloudflare AI Gateway.
  • Working knowledge of SSO and identity federation using SAML, OIDC, and OAuth 2.0, including propagating identity through agentic tool calls.
  • Experience with AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, and vector databases including MongoDB, Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, or OpenSearch.
  • Preferred experience building AI solutions for Finance, Legal, HR, Supply Chain, or Manufacturing use cases.
  • Preferred familiarity with AI platform vendor evaluations, enterprise IAM integration patterns using Okta, Entra ID, or Ping, AI governance frameworks, or centers of excellence.
  • Previous experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or high-tech manufacturing is a bonus.

Tech Stack

MongoDBPython

Categories

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About Zoox

1,001-5,000 employees

Zoox builds a fully autonomous, purpose-built electric vehicle and the end-to-end platform to operate it as an urban robotaxi service. The company designs the vehicle, self-driving software, and fleet operations in-house to offer mobility-as-a-service rather than selling cars. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Foster City, California, Zoox is a subsidiary of Amazon.

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