Lead Software Engineer, Manna Drone Delivery
Drone delivery service
Open for applications
Drone delivery service
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To improve the world by making lightning-fast suburban deliveries affordable, green and safe.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years industry experience
- Strong expertise in our core tech stack:
- Backend: Java, Spring Framework, Python, C++
- Frontend: TypeScript, React, React Native
- Database: PostgreSQL
- Cloud Services: AWS
- Track record of leading successful technical projects and mentoring engineers
- Strong understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms
- Experience with real-time systems and location-based services
What the job involves
- Reports to: Head of Software Engineering
- As Lead Software Engineer, you will contribute to the architecture and the development of critical systems that support our drone delivery operations
- This role spans multiple domains including airspace utilisation, ground control systems, order management, and integration with partner platforms
- You'll be responsible for building robust, scalable solutions that form the backbone of our drone delivery ecosystem
- Design and architect scalable, fault-tolerant systems handling real-time drone operations
- Contribute to critical technical decisions about infrastructure, frameworks, and development practices
- Establish technical standards, best practices, and architecture patterns
- Lead and mentor software engineers
Our take
Manna Drone Delivery is a drone company that began operating hyper-locally in Ireland, making small deliveries in partnership with JustEat, Tescos, and a number of coffee and book shops. The service has proven popular to the tune of thousands of deliveries, and Manna is now expanding towards full rollout.
Efficient, low-emission, and high agility drones are expected to be the future of last-mile deliveries. Whilst there are some questions as to whether they’re a smart addition to built up areas, the consensus is that they will at least provide a welcome complement to other delivery vehicles. As such, getting in early with the correct technology could open up substantial doors for Manna.
The company is eyeing up US expansion, which may seem ambitious for the relatively small outfit. Bear in mind, however, that Alphabet’s suburban drone delivery subsidiary Wing is carrying out similar hyper-local testing in Logan Australia. This means there’s certainly no major player emerging yet in the US - and the prime candidates are doing precisely what Manna is to get their foot in the door.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2021
$25m
SERIES A
Dec 2019
$5.2m
SEED
Total funding: $30.2m
Company HQ
Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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Leadership
Bobby Healy
(Founder & CEO)Has spent a period as Non Executive Director at Chill Insurance and CarTrawler, at the latter of which he also worked as CTO and Board Director. Is also currently a Board Director at DEBRA Ireland.
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