Senior Software Engineer, Archer
$170-195k
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Office located in San Jose, CA
Electric air taxis
Job no longer available
Electric air taxis
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$170-195k
More information about location
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
- Experience with backend development combined with AI-focused front-end development is especially valued
- Minimum of 5 Years of Post-College Work or Entrepreneurial Experience
- 4-Year College Degree in an Engineering Discipline (or multiple pieces of evidence of outstanding individual technical achievement)
- Evidence of End-End Product Ownership: Experience building all parts of software from front-end to back-end to cloud deployment
- Personal Projects: Rich Github history with examples of personal projects that can be shared with the hiring team and/or open-source contributions
- Technologies: Next.JS, Java Script, React, React Native, Python, Fast API, PostGres
- Design: Ability to create intuitive, clean, and professional products without a dedicated designer or design system
- AI: Strong understanding of how to implement and train AI systems into SaaS products and willingness to learn and adapt to building voice agent
- Infrastructure: Familiarity with building server-less & micro-service in popular cloud hyperscalers and managing production grade CI/CD pipelines
- Adaptability: Quickly and iteratively respond to needs of customers and turn product changes around on tight timelines
Desirable
- Infrastructure experience: k8s, S3, RDS, SQS, Lambda, Datadock, Docker, and Temporal Orchestration Service
- Strong passion for aviation and/or UAM
- Willingness and ability to transition between mobile and web development
What the job involves
- We are looking for 0 to 1 Software Engineers to join an elite team that is building out Archer’s Airline Operations Software Ecosystem. Engineers who have built and shipped multiple products across disciplines and languages are encouraged to apply
- Build Great Software: Take product requirements and turn them into beautiful, reliable, and high quality web and mobile applications
- Create and manage backend infrastructure including building database schemas, API architecture, orchestration services, and refining architecture
- Product Development: Lead end-to-end technical execution and receive full ownership of the software development lifecycle
- System Architecture: Design and implement the architecture and tech stack that will serve as the backbone for our platform while balancing scalability, speed, and reliability
- Contribute to the Roadmap: Ideate, plan, and prototype technical tools for aircraft performance and dispatch settings
- Work Cross-Functionally: Work with design, data science, and technical aviation experts to supercharge the features and products you are working on
- Knowledge of Code-Generation: Use the latest code-generation technologies to streamline your workflow and achieve breakthrough productivity
- AI-Native Product Building: Implement and productize novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms developed by our AI/ML research team
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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