Application Engineer

About The Role Application Engineer Onsite in Foster City, CA | at least 3 days in office At Zoox you'll design, create, and maintain internal processes, integrations, and applications. You will develop back-end components to improve existing applications and implement security best practices, all while creating standards to improve existing architecture to ensure consistency across internal applications and data integrity. You'll also develop applications supporting physical product design, manufacturing, logistics, and inventory systems while driving the design and architecture of internal applications. Responsibilities Design, create, and maintain processes, integrations, applications and scripts, mostly on the backend Deploy cloud resources mostly with Terraform Some frontend (JS, React, Typescript) Design system requirements for new and existing applications Create and implement company-wide tools and methodologies Oversee, and often perform, major application installations and upgrades Develop applications supporting physical product design, manufacturing, logistics, and inventory systems Review peer code Contribute to many internal git repositories Qualifications Strong knowledge of Python and web frameworks such as Flask and Django API development experience in Python (graphql, REST) Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases (MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB) Understanding of ORM (object-relational mapping) libraries such as SQLAlchemy Excellent python coding skills and understanding of python best practices Cloud (AWS) development and deployment experience General frontend development knowledge (React, TypeScript) Good communication skills, and ability to collect requirements from customers Great customer service skills as it relates to application support and training Experience with docker or similar container based systems Bonus Qualifications Experience with developing internal business applications Experience supporting physical product design, manufacturing, logistics, or inventory systems In-depth knowledge of Linux systems Exposure to bill of material management and data integrity Experience with authentication, authorization methods and access control Key Responsibilities & Skills Backend Application Development (Python) API Development (REST / GraphQL) Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) AWS Cloud Deployment Frontend Development (React / TypeScript) SQL/NoSQL Database Integration ORM (SQLAlchemy) Containerization (Docker) Linux Systems Administration Physical Product Design Support Manufacturing & Logistics Systems Inventory Management & BOM Integrity Authentication & Authorization (Access Control) Process Automation & Integration Requirements Gathering & Customer Support Code Review & Git Collaboration Technical Skills Python / Flask / Django GraphQL / REST APIs MySQL / PostgreSQL / DynamoDB SQLAlchemy AWS (EC2 / S3 / RDS) Terraform (IaC) Docker / Containers Linux / Bash React / TypeScript / JavaScript Git / GitHub Education Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering Preferred: Master's in Computer Science, Master's in Software Engineering, MBA Industry Experience Autonomous Vehicles / Robotics Manufacturing & Industrial Automation Logistics & Supply Chain Technology / Software Development Physical Product Engineering #J-18808-Ljbffr