Zipline is looking to expand its autonomous drone delivery network around the world and needs to safely and efficiently integrate its drones into complex airspace across the globe.
Requirements
Expertise in modern server technologies and best practices
Experience deploying systems to cloud providers (AWS, Kubernetes)
Experience integrating, and potentially contributing to open-source technologies
Experience designing software for security, scalability, and reliability
Experience designing APIs and sophisticated data models
10+ years experience in software engineering
Responsibilities
Define and build software as part of the team that's driving industry-first airspace management technologies (Unmanned Traffic Management, or UTM)
Build core services that enable equitable airspace access, flight deconfliction, and simulation across airspace users
Build systems with a focus on correctness, testability, and auditability
Contribute to development efforts across the full stack of our codebase, including end-to-end software development lifecycle, system design, implementation, validation, and rollout
Engage in open-source community related to drone airspace management
Mentor engineer team members and share best practices to level up a growing team
Other
Desire to take on a foundational technical role and contribute to the direction of a new product
A high bar for technical excellence
Strong product instincts and empathy for the customer
