Zoox
Ride Hailing · Automotive Manufacturing

Zoox tech stack

Zoox builds mostly with Python, C++, SQL, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Linux, Databricks, CUDA, PyTorch. Python is named in 144 of the 272 job postings Zoox published in the last 12 months (53%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Zoox, updated Nov 11, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 11, 2026
Technologies in use
262
Postings analysed
272
Open now
151
Modernity
80 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Zoox use?

Python is named in 53% of job postings at Zoox, followed by C++ (27%), SQL (18%), JavaScript (5%).

Python 144 53% required in 97% · 82 open now · since May 2022
C++ 73 27% required in 96% · 45 open now · since Feb 2016
SQL 48 18% required in 98% · 25 open now · since May 2022
JavaScript 13 5% required in 54% · 5 open now · since Mar 2025
TypeScript 12 4% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Oct 2025
Kotlin 8 3% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jul 2025
MATLAB 7 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026
Rust 7 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Mar 2025
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Scala7
C7
Java5
Embedded C3
Node JS3
Bash2
PowerShell2
Apex2
Go1
ABAP1

What frameworks and libraries does Zoox use?

CUDA is named in 7% of job postings at Zoox, followed by PyTorch (7%), Pytest (4%), JAX (3%).

CUDA 20 7% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Feb 2016
PyTorch 18 7% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Oct 2023
Pytest 12 4% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Jun 2025
JAX 8 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Dec 2025
Ray 8 3% required in 88% · 2 open now · since Apr 2026
React.js 6 2% required in 100% · since Mar 2025
Deck.gl 5 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
FastAPI 5 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2025
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Flask5
Streamlit5
XLA5
NumPy4
TensorFlow4
DeepSpeed3
LangChain3
LlamaIndex3
Megatron-LM3
OpenTelemetry3
Pandas3
Svelte3
TensorRT-LLM3
Vue.js3
Celery2
NCCL2
OpenAI Agents SDK2
OpenGL2
Plotly2
PostGIS2
ROCm2
Triton2
ROS2
Apache TVM1
Bootstrap1
Django1
FSDP1
GDAL1
Google Test1
Instructor1
Jetpack Compose1
Kotlin Multiplatform1

And 7 more, each named in fewer postings.

What databases does Zoox use?

PostgreSQL is named in 2% of job postings at Zoox, followed by Google BigQuery (1%), Milvus (1%), OpenSearch (1%).

PostgreSQL 5 2% required in 80% · 2 open now · since Mar 2025
Google BigQuery 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Milvus 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
OpenSearch 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Pinecone 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Snowflake 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Weaviate 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
ElasticSearch 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jan 2026
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Redis1
Salesforce Data Cloud1

What cloud and platforms does Zoox use?

Linux is named in 16% of job postings at Zoox, followed by Databricks (10%), AWS (8%), Looker (8%).

Linux 44 16% required in 100% · 21 open now · since Feb 2025
Databricks 26 10% required in 96% · 14 open now · since Sep 2025
AWS 23 8% required in 91% · 10 open now · since Mar 2025
Looker 23 8% required in 91% · 10 open now · since Sep 2025
Kubernetes 14 5% required in 93% · 7 open now · since Jan 2026
Spark 14 5% required in 57% · 8 open now · since May 2022
Grafana 10 4% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jan 2026
Tableau 10 4% required in 90% · 4 open now · since Sep 2025
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Buildkite8
Azure7
Bamboo6
RTOS6
GCP5
Microsoft Entra ID4
U-Boot4
Power BI4
AWS Bedrock3
Okta3
OpenAI3
Active Directory2
Amazon EKS2
Apache Kafka2
Cloudflare2
FreeRTOS2
GitHub2
GitHub Actions2
SIEM2
Unix2
Vertex AI2
Zscaler2
Amazon EC21
Amazon S31
Anthropic1
BeyondTrust1
Cortex XSOAR1
CyberArk1
Delinea1
Elastic SIEM1
Figma1
GitLab CI1

And 12 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does Zoox use?

Git is named in 6% of job postings at Zoox, followed by CATIA (6%), TensorRT (6%), Rest API (4%).

Git 17 6% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Aug 2025
CATIA 15 6% required in 100% · 12 open now · since Feb 2026
TensorRT 15 6% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Oct 2023
Rest API 11 4% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Mar 2025
Terraform 11 4% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Jan 2026
Bazel 9 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026
Microsoft Excel 8 3% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Mar 2024
pySpark 8 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Sep 2025
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Jenkins7
Ansible4
Cursor4
Docker4
IBM DOORS4
Model Context Protocol4
Simulink4
SolidWorks4
AutoCAD3
Claude Code3
Helm3
ML-Agents3
ONNX3
TPU3
Wireshark3
ArgoCD2
Mandiant capa2
Mission Planner2
Prometheus2
SLURM2
TestRail2
ANSYS1
Abaqus1
Altium Designer1
Ansys HFSS1
Ansys SIwave1
Apache HTTP Server1
CMake1
Cadence Sigrity1
Cameo Systems Modeler1
Gerrit1
HashiCorp Vault1

And 11 more, each named in fewer postings.

What AI and ML technologies does Zoox use?

LLM is named in 6% of job postings at Zoox, followed by Claude (4%), VLM (4%), LoRA (1%).

LLM 17 6% required in 100% · 11 open now · since Feb 2025
Claude 10 4% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Feb 2025
VLM 10 4% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Oct 2023
LoRA 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
QLoRA 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
PEFT 2 1% optional · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
ChatGPT 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Gemini 1 <1% required in 100% · since Feb 2025
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Vision Transformer1

Which engineering practices does Zoox ask for?

Machine Learning is named in 19% of job postings at Zoox, followed by Computer Vision (12%), Verification & Validation (9%), CI/CD (8%).

Machine Learning 52 19% required in 96% · 28 open now · since Feb 2016
Computer Vision 33 12% required in 100% · 19 open now · since Nov 2024
Verification & Validation 25 9% required in 100% · 22 open now · since Jan 2026
CI/CD 23 8% required in 100% · 13 open now · since Aug 2025
AI Agents 16 6% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Apr 2026
FMEA 15 6% required in 100% · 11 open now · since Aug 2025
Reinforcement Learning 13 5% required in 100% · 8 open now · since May 2022
Multimodal AI 12 4% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Nov 2024
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Sensor Fusion11
GD&T8
Motion Planning8
Quantization8
Synthetic Data8
Vision-Language-Action8
Reinforcement Learning7
Agentic Workflows6
PKI6
CAPA5
Fine-tuning5
IAM5
NeRF5
A/B Testing4
Anomaly Detection4
TCP/IP4
Time Series4
Wi-Fi4
Imitation Learning3
Model Distillation3
NLP3
Post-training3
Teleoperation3
World Models3
BGP2
Battery Management Systems2
DO-178C2
DO-2542
Data Augmentation2
Diffusion Models2
Embeddings2
GRPO2

And 35 more, each named in fewer postings.

What does each Zoox team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Backend

44 postings
Python28
C++27
TypeScript11
Linux10
Kubernetes8
Kotlin7

AI/ML

31 postings
Python23
C++19
PyTorch16
CUDA13
TensorRT12
JAX7

Product

28 postings
SQL5
CATIA3
AWS2
AutoCAD2
Claude2
Looker2

Hardware

25 postings
Python15
C++11
Linux7
SQL4
Embedded C3
Git3

Industrial Engineering

24 postings
Python12
CATIA6
Linux5
Pytest4
Mandiant capa2
SolidWorks2

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How much does Zoox pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Zoox postings with stated pay: $256k across 242 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
Python121$267k+5%
C++68$279k+9%
Linux41$245k−4%
SQL33$239k−6%
AWS23$270k+6%
CUDA20$311k+22%
Databricks19$251k−2%
Looker19$219k−14%
PyTorch17$290k+14%
Kubernetes14$277k+8%

How is the Zoox stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
GRPOOct 2026
NCCLOct 2026
PPOOct 2026
Data AugmentationOct 2026
Sim-to-RealOct 2026
PowerShellOct 2026
TritonOct 2026
EmbeddingsSep 2026
Rising
Verification & Validation3% → 14%
Computer Vision5% → 14%
CATIA2% → 10%
FMEA2% → 10%
GD&T0% → 6%
Spark3% → 6%
TypeScript3% → 6%
Claude3% → 6%
Falling
AWS14% → 6%
LLM10% → 5%
Terraform6% → 3%
Ray4% → 1%
GCP4% → 1%
Embedded C3% → 0%
Azure4% → 2%
Not named for 6 months
Post-trainingApr 2026
DO-178CMay 2026
DO-254May 2026
OpenGLApr 2026
ROCmApr 2026

How modern is the Zoox stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 80/100

Zoox scores 80 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 9; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Zoox stack in its industry?

Share of the 860 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python48%
C++30%
SQL38%
Linux34%
Databricks8%
AWS30%
Looker7%
CUDA10%
PyTorch17%
LLM20%

What sets Zoox apart

Buildkite1%
JAX4%
Bamboo0%
Deck.gl0%
Streamlit3%
XLA1%
U-Boot2%
AWS Bedrock2%
DeepSpeed4%
LlamaIndex4%

Questions about the Zoox tech stack

What programming languages does Zoox use?

The languages named in Zoox job postings are Python (53%), C++ (27%), SQL (18%), JavaScript (5%), TypeScript (4%), as a share of the 272 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Zoox use CUDA?

Yes. CUDA is named in 20 of 272 job postings (7%) and required in 20 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Zoox use?

The cloud and platforms named in Zoox job postings are Linux (44), Databricks (26), AWS (23) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at Zoox?

Backend postings at Zoox most often require Python (28), C++ (27), TypeScript (11), Linux (10), out of 44 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Zoox tech stack changing?

Yes. GRPO, NCCL, PPO, Data Augmentation first appeared in Zoox job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Zoox tech stack?

Zoox scores 80 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 9; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Zoox tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Zoox publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 272 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 11, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "Zoox tech stack: 262 technologies from 272 job postings", as of Nov 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/zoox/technologies

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