Autonomous Systems Software Architect

1 week ago


San Francisco, California, United States Zipline Full time

About Us

Zipline is a pioneering company on a mission to transform the way goods move around the world. We aim to solve some of the most complex access challenges by building, manufacturing, and operating an instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally, wherever they are.

Our technology includes robotics and autonomy, which enables us to decarbonize delivery, decrease road congestion, reduce fossil fuel consumption, and air pollution while providing equitable access to billions of people and building a more resilient global supply chain.

We're looking for exceptional software engineers who thrive in launching new products and working through the '0 to 1' phase. This is a unique opportunity to help shape how software and automation will enable a paradigm shift from human-centric management to machine-centric.

Your Role

  • You'll define and build software as part of the team driving industry-first airspace management technologies (UTM) to enable the world's most active commercial drone network to further scale.
  • You'll build core services that enable equitable airspace access, flight deconfliction, and simulation across airspace users.
  • You'll work with systems focused on correctness, testability, and auditability.

What You'll Bring

  • 7+ years of experience in software engineering.
  • A high bar for technical excellence.
  • Expertise in modern server technologies and best practices.
  • Experience deploying systems to cloud providers (AWS, Kubernetes).
  • Experience integrating and contributing to open-source technologies.
  • Designing software for security, scalability, and reliability.
  • Designing APIs and sophisticated data models.
  • Strong product instincts and empathy for the customer.

What Else You Need to Know

The estimated salary range for this role is $170,000-210,000, depending on experience, qualifications, skills, and projected impact. The total compensation package may also include equity compensation, discretionary annual or performance bonuses, sales incentives, benefits, and more.

Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state, federal or local law or our other policies.



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