Zoox tech stack

Zoox builds mostly with Python, C++, SQL, TypeScript. Its stack also includes Linux, Databricks, CUDA, PyTorch. Python is named in 106 of the 193 job postings Zoox published in the last 12 months (55%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Zoox, updated Sep 26, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 26, 2026
Technologies in use
223
Postings analysed
193
Open now
144
Modernity
81 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Zoox use?

Python is named in 55% of job postings at Zoox, followed by C++ (30%), SQL (18%), TypeScript (6%).

Python 106 55% required in 97% · 79 open now · since May 2022
C++ 57 30% required in 95% · 41 open now · since Feb 2016
SQL 34 18% required in 97% · 20 open now · since May 2022
TypeScript 11 6% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Oct 2025
JavaScript 11 6% required in 73% · 6 open now · since Mar 2025
Kotlin 7 4% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jul 2025
C 7 4% optional · 7 open now · since Jun 2026
Rust 6 3% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2025
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Scala6
MATLAB5
Embedded C4
Node JS4
Java3
Bash2
Apex2
Go1
ABAP1

What frameworks and libraries does Zoox use?

CUDA is named in 8% of job postings at Zoox, followed by PyTorch (5%), Pytest (4%), Ray (4%).

CUDA 15 8% required in 100% · 12 open now · since Feb 2016
PyTorch 10 5% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Oct 2023
Pytest 8 4% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Jun 2025
Ray 7 4% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Apr 2026
React.js 7 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Mar 2025
FastAPI 5 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Oct 2025
PyTorch C++ 5 3% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Oct 2023
Svelte 5 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2025
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Vue.js5
Flask4
JAX4
Deck.gl3
DeepSpeed3
NumPy3
OpenTelemetry3
Pandas3
Celery2
LangChain2
LlamaIndex2
OpenAI Agents SDK2
OpenGL2
ROCm2
Streamlit2
TensorRT-LLM2
Commander.js1
Django1
GDAL1
Google Test1
Jetpack Compose1
Kotlin Multiplatform1
Material UI1
Megatron-LM1
PostGIS1
ROS1
SQLAlchemy1
Spring Boot1
TensorFlow1
Transformers1
XLA1

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 4 2% required in 100% · 4 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
BigQuery 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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ElasticSearch1
Redis1
Salesforce Data Cloud1

What cloud and platforms does Zoox use?

Linux is named in 18% of job postings at Zoox, followed by Databricks (10%), AWS (10%), CUDA Toolkit (9%).

Linux 34 18% required in 100% · 22 open now · since Oct 2025
Databricks 20 10% required in 95% · 13 open now · since Sep 2025
AWS 20 10% required in 90% · 17 open now · since Mar 2025
CUDA Toolkit 17 9% required in 100% · 13 open now · since Feb 2016
Looker 17 9% required in 88% · 13 open now · since Sep 2025
Kubernetes 12 6% required in 92% · 11 open now · since Jan 2026
Spark 11 6% required in 64% · 9 open now · since May 2022
Grafana 7 4% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Jan 2026
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Tableau7
Azure6
Buildkite6
Bamboo4
GCP4
Microsoft Entra ID4
RTOS4
Power BI4
AWS Bedrock3
OpenAI3
SIEM3
U-Boot3
Amazon EKS2
Apache Kafka2
Cloudflare2
FreeRTOS2
GitHub Actions2
Okta2
Vertex AI2
Zscaler2
Active Directory1
Amazon EC21
Amazon S31
Anthropic1
Cortex XSOAR1
Elastic SIEM1
Figma1
GitHub1
GitLab CI1
Hugging Face1
Kibana1
MuleSoft1

And 7 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does Zoox use?

TensorRT is named in 6% of job postings at Zoox, followed by Git (5%), Bazel (5%), Terraform (5%).

TensorRT 11 6% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Oct 2023
Git 10 5% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Aug 2025
Bazel 9 5% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Jan 2026
Terraform 9 5% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Jan 2026
Rest API 7 4% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Mar 2025
Jenkins 5 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Mar 2026
pySpark 5 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Sep 2025
Model Context Protocol 4 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
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Ansible3
Docker3
ML-Agents3
Microsoft Excel3
Simulink3
SolidWorks3
Wireshark3
AutoCAD2
CAPA2
Claude Code2
Helm2
TPU2
TestRail2
Altium Designer1
Ansys HFSS1
Ansys SIwave1
Apache HTTP Server1
ArgoCD1
CMake1
Cadence Sigrity1
Copilot1
Cursor1
Gerrit1
HyperLynx1
Keysight ADS1
Mission Planner1
Nginx1
ONNX1
Prometheus1
Pulumi1
SLURM1
Suricata1

And 1 more, each named in fewer postings.

What AI and ML technologies does Zoox use?

LLM is named in 7% of job postings at Zoox, followed by VLM (4%), Claude (2%), LoRA (1%).

LLM 13 7% required in 100% · 12 open now · since Feb 2025
VLM 7 4% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Oct 2023
Claude 4 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Feb 2025
LoRA 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Apr 2026
QLoRA 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Apr 2026
PEFT 2 1% optional · 2 open now · since Apr 2026
Gemini 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Feb 2025

Which engineering practices does Zoox ask for?

Machine Learning is named in 21% of job postings at Zoox, followed by Computer Vision (12%), CI/CD (8%), AI Agents (6%).

Machine Learning 41 21% required in 95% · 34 open now · since Feb 2016
Computer Vision 23 12% required in 100% · 16 open now · since Nov 2024
CI/CD 16 8% required in 100% · 16 open now · since Aug 2025
AI Agents 12 6% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Apr 2026
Reinforcement Learning 12 6% required in 100% · 10 open now · since May 2022
Multimodal AI 10 5% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Nov 2024
Sensor Fusion 10 5% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Nov 2024
Motion Planning 6 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Feb 2016
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Reinforcement Learning6
SLI/SLO/SLA6
Fine-tuning5
PKI5
Quantization5
Vision-Language-Action5
Agentic Workflows4
Anomaly Detection4
IAM4
Imitation Learning4
Synthetic Data4
TCP/IP4
Wi-Fi4
A/B Testing3
NeRF3
Post-training3
Teleoperation3
Time Series Forecasting3
BGP2
Diffusion Models2
Edge AI2
Incident Management2
LLM Guardrails2
Localization2
Model Distillation2
NLP2
OSPF2
RAG2
Recommender Systems2
SLAM2
Self-Healing2
Tool Use2

And 21 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

37 postings
C++23
Python23
TypeScript11
Linux8
JavaScript7
Kubernetes7

AI/ML

23 postings
Python18
C++14
PyTorch10
CUDA Toolkit9
TensorRT8
CUDA7

Hardware

19 postings
C++10
Python9
Linux6
Embedded C4
FreeRTOS2
Git2

Product

18 postings
SQL5
Looker2

DevOps

14 postings
Python10
Linux7
Bazel3
Buildkite3
Git3
Azure2

Industrial Engineering

13 postings
Python9
Linux4
Pytest3
CAPA2
MATLAB2

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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: $265k across 179 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
Python95$270k+2%
C++55$283k+7%
Linux31$250k−6%
SQL25$239k−10%
AWS20$270k+2%
CUDA Toolkit17$315k+19%
Databricks17$251k−5%
Looker16$229k−14%
CUDA15$322k+22%
Kubernetes12$285k+7%

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
Incident ManagementSep 2026
BashSep 2026
U-BootAug 2026
CAPAJul 2026
Edge AIJul 2026
NLPJul 2026
RAGJul 2026
Google BigQueryJul 2026
Rising
Databricks5% → 13%
Looker4% → 12%
LLM2% → 10%
Reinforcement Learning0% → 7%
Bazel2% → 7%
Reinforcement Learning0% → 5%
CI/CD5% → 9%
Spark2% → 6%
Falling
C++39% → 24%
Quantization7% → 1%
TensorRT9% → 4%
Post-training5% → 0%
Ray7% → 3%
GCP5% → 1%
CUDA9% → 6%
Kotlin5% → 2%
Not named for 6 months
TPUFeb 2026
LocalizationJan 2026

How modern is the Zoox stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 81/100

Zoox scores 81 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: 7; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Zoox stack in its industry?

Share of the 268 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python57%
C++32%
Linux33%
SQL42%
AWS41%
Databricks7%
CUDA Toolkit13%
Looker8%
CUDA13%
LLM23%

What sets Zoox apart

Buildkite2%
Svelte1%
Bamboo1%
Embedded C4%
AWS Bedrock2%
Deck.gl1%
DeepSpeed4%
U-Boot1%

Questions about the Zoox tech stack

What programming languages does Zoox use?

The languages named in Zoox job postings are Python (55%), C++ (30%), SQL (18%), TypeScript (6%), JavaScript (6%), as a share of the 193 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Zoox use CUDA?

Yes. CUDA is named in 15 of 193 job postings (8%) and required in 15 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Zoox use?

The cloud and platforms named in Zoox job postings are Linux (34), Databricks (20), AWS (20) (postings in brackets).

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

Backend postings at Zoox most often require C++ (23), Python (23), TypeScript (11), Linux (8), out of 37 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Zoox tech stack changing?

Yes. Incident Management, Bash, U-Boot, CAPA first appeared in Zoox job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Zoox tech stack?

Zoox scores 81 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: 7; 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 193 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 26, 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: 223 technologies from 193 job postings", as of Sep 26, 2026. https://alion.io/company/zoox/technologies

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