Staff Software Engineer

You will own the architecture of critical software across mission planning, backend services, telemetry, and autonomous aircraft systems. You will lead high-risk vehicle-software work, design 3D mission-planning architecture, scale fleet telemetry, and apply AI tools. You will align technical plans across disciplines, mentor engineers, and improve engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and evolution of mission planning, backend services, telemetry infrastructure, and autonomous aircraft software
• Set technical standards through design, code review, and decision-making
• Lead architecture and safety-relevant changes to the ArduPilot C++ fork
• Design 3D visualization and mission-planning architecture
• Architect and scale the telemetry hub
• Apply AI and machine learning to engineering automation, data analysis, debugging, and operator tools
• Turn priorities into technical plans validated through simulation and flight testing
• Mentor senior engineers and improve architecture, testing, CI/CD, observability, and documentation

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Production proficiency in Python, JavaScript or TypeScript, and C++
• Experience architecting and shipping user interfaces, 3D experiences, backend services, and systems software
• Experience designing distributed systems and APIs for performance, reliability, load balancing, and observability
• Experience with aviation, robotics, autonomous systems, or software connected to real-world hardware
• Applied AI fluency
• Experience setting standards, driving designs, and mentoring engineers
• Ability to debug across application, network, operating system, and hardware boundaries
• U.S. citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or eligibility under applicable export control regulations

Benefits

• Stock options
• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• 401k
• Life insurance
• Relocation assistance for candidates moving to Austin