Senior Software Engineer, Archer
Data Platform
$134-180k
Office located in San Jose, CA
Electric air taxis
Job no longer available
Electric air taxis
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$134-180k
Office located in San Jose, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the skies, freeing everyone to reimagine how they move and spend time.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years building production-grade data or platform software at scale
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Software Engineering or related field
- Deep mastery of software architecture & design patterns for distributed systems
- Expert-level coding in Python plus one of Java / Scala; strong command of testing, profiling and performance tuning
- Hands-on expertise with:
- Streaming & Batch: Kafka, Spark / PySpark, Flink, Airflow
- Storage & Query: Parquet, Iceberg or Delta, Trino / Presto, lakehouse & warehouse paradigms
- Cloud & Containerization: AWS (EKS, S3, Glue, Redshift, EMR), Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform
- Parallel / distributed compute and high-throughput, low-latency data services
- CI/CD & Observability: GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog
- Proven track record in automotive / aerospace, telemetry, signal-processing or other time-series-heavy domains
- Demonstrated ability to apply GenAI / LLM tooling (OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain, vector DBs) to real-world data products and developer workflows
- Excellent communication; enjoy collaborating across mechanical, flight-test, manufacturing and software disciplines
Desirable
- Experience deploying ML models or MLOps pipelines to edge devices or embedded compute units
- Contributions to open-source data infrastructure projects
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software & Data Engineer you will own the architecture and code that powers every data-driven decision behind our aircraft design, manufacturing, flight-test and fleet-health operations
- Architect, design and hands-on code distributed data services (micro-services, APIs, SDKs) in Python, Java or Scala
- Lead the end-to-end build-out of our lakehouse-style warehouse (Parquet / Iceberg / Trino) and its streaming ingestion fabric (Kafka / Spark Structured Streaming / Flink)
- Optimize large-scale ETL/ELT and feature pipelines for time-series & telemetry (vehicle CAN, sensor logs, flight-test data) reaching tens of billions of rows per day
- Embed GenAI & LLM workflows (vector search, RAG, agentic orchestration, LLM-powered data quality/metadata enrichment) directly into pipelines and user-facing tools
- Champion Kubernetes-native CI/CD, observability and cost-efficient autoscaling for all data services
- Define and enforce best-in-class data governance, lineage and security (IAM, fine-grained access, encryption)
- Partner with Data Science, Flight-Test and Manufacturing teams to turn raw data into predictive maintenance, anomaly-detection and root-cause analysis products
- Mentor mid-level engineers, perform design reviews, and set engineering standards across the org
Our take
With traffic, noise, and emissions becoming major challenges for urban life, Archer is building electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircrafts, led by its flagship model, Midnight, offering a cleaner, quieter alternative to traditional short-haul travel. The idea is simple: replace long car rides with quick, sustainable fluights that lift off vertically, fly over the gridlock, and help reduce urban pollution. It's a bold shift in transportation, but one that could meaningfully change how we navigate cities in the years ahead.
Midnight is designed to make these short flights practical, safe, and efficient. Its electric powertrain significantly reduce noise and emissions compared to helicopters (one of the biggest barriers to adopting urban air mobility at scale). However, eVTOLs face hurdles before becoming an everyday reality, including regulatory approvals, infrastructure build-out, and the operational testing needed to prove long-term safety and reliability. Archer is addressing these challenges with major manufacturing investment, deep engineering partnerships, and ongoing flight testing in the US and abroad.
Even with these barriers, Archer has been moving from success to success. The company is set to be the official air taxi provider for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. And its recent acquisition of Hawthorne Airport in LA will serve as both a launch site and an innovation hub for next-generation, AI-powered aviation operations. On the commercial side, Archer's partnerships with United Airlines and its growing international presence signal strong industry confidence. COmbines with newly expanded funding and successful long-range flight tests, Archer sure is a promising player in eVTOl aviation.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2020
$55.7m
SERIES A
Total funding: $55.7m
Company HQ
Tasman and Zanker, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Adam Goldstein
(Founder & CEO)Began their career in Financial Services, before co-founding Vettery, a talent marketplace, in 2012. Founded Archer in 2018.
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