Good tech, good people, good food, good at burning cash while falling behind Waymo - Senior Software Engineer Zoox Employee Review

4.0
May 10, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good culture, good tech stack, good opportunity with the right manager. Rare fusion of ML, software, firmware, vehicle hardware engineering, and operations. A young hard working engineer can learn a lot and go far. The food is great.

Cons

Risk averse and self defeating upper management since Tim Kentley-Klay's forced departure. Too much focus on moving goalposts instead of finding revenue with today's tech. Simultaneously self congratulatory and self defeating purgatory of cyclical milestones and demos. Base pay is good but the equity can suck.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good work, good teammate’s. Good projects

Cons

I don’t see many cons work gets difficult sometimes

4.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Best things in sequence - Food (breakfast, lunch, dinner), Very nice office environment, not high-pressure performance stress. I am very optimistic about their future.

Cons

Pay is on the lower side; most engineers are imported from Michigan - but still they say we are in Bay Area for the Talent lol. They don't always hire the best of the bunch - Interview is easy overall. Hiring friends/friends of friends might be a thing, who knows. Employee retention is an issue.

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