Senior Software Engineer - Near Aircraft Applications

Socket.dev; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Healthcare benefits

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Disability and life insurance

More benefits

Job summary

Joby is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Elevate Edge Applications Team (EEAT) to contribute to charging software spanning testing to field deployment. You will work full stack across backend and frontend, integrate with APIs, and support maintenance workflows for near-aircraft systems.

The role emphasizes collaboration, rapid iteration, and applying AI to accelerate development and testing, with opportunities to grow into broader system responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a comparable field.
• 5+ years of full stack software engineering experience — backend and frontend, moving software from prototype to production.
• Deep understanding of APIs, web services, and system integration.
• Familiarity with streaming data patterns such as WebSockets, Kafka, or similar.
• Proficiency in C#, Python and Angular; comfortable picking up Java and React as needed, leveraging AI to accelerate translation.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git-based workflows, and containerized deployments to Kubernetes.
• Experience leveraging AI tools/workflows to automate and accelerate development and testing.
• Familiarity with working near hardware (not hardware firmware development).
• Strong problem-solving, proactive mindset, and ability to work across teams.
• Senior to Staff level capability for independent delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and validate charging software used in testing and operations.
• Adapt software as charging equipment and firmware evolve.
• Work across full stack — backend and frontend — spanning equipment interfaces and user-facing tooling.
• Contribute to maintenance workflows and expand scope to near-aircraft systems.
• Leverage AI to accelerate development and testing workflows.

Skills

C#

Python

Angular

Java

React

APIs & web services

CI/CD

Git workflows

Kubernetes

AI-enabled tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a comparable field

Tools

Git

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Company Overview

Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most. At Joby, we've been working to make that dream a reality since 2009 and we're now in the final stages of certifying our aircraft with the FAA. With plans to launch our aircraft in the US and Dubai, we're now scaling manufacturing and preparing for the launch of our commercial service.

Overview

The Elevate Edge Applications Team (EEAT) builds the software that sits closest to Joby's physical operations — charging infrastructure, maintenance tooling, situational awareness, and operational intelligence.

As a Senior Software Engineer on EEAT, you will contribute to Joby's mission by supporting the charging software that brings charging infrastructure from testing into commercial operations. The work will span development, testing, and validation in software-in-the-loop simulation, lab testing with hardware-in-the-loop, all the way to deployment to the field.

There are opportunities to expand your scope on the team to support near aircraft systems beyond charging, such as maintenance, contributing across the full product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Work on the user-facing charging software: monitor, control, and troubleshoot flows used during both charge testing and charge sessions
• Work with flexibility and agility, adapting the software as charging equipment and firmware capabilities develop
• Contribute to building applications that support aircraft maintenance workflows, expanding your scope across near aircraft systems
• Work across the full stack — both backend and frontend — as the software spans equipment interfaces and user-facing tooling
• Leverage AI as part of your own development and testing workflows to accelerate delivery

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a comparable field
• 5+ years of full stack software engineering experience — backend and frontend — including taking software from prototype to production
• Deep understanding of APIs, web services, and system integration
• Comfortable with streaming data patterns such as WebSockets, Kafka, or similar
• Proficiency in C#, Python and Angular; comfort picking up additional languages and frameworks such as Java and React as needed, leveraging AI to accelerate that translation
• Experience with standard software development practices, including CI/CD,Git-based workflows, and containerized deployments to Kubernetes
• Experience leveraging AI tools/workflows to automate and accelerate development and testing.
• Familiarity working near hardware (distinct from hardware firmware development)
• Excellent problem-solving skills, a proactive mindset, and demonstrated ability to work effectively across teams
• Strong Senior to Staff-level engineer capable of independent delivery

Desired

• Experience in operations, transportation, automotive, or logistics environments
• Aviation experience is a bonus, not required

Additional Information

Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is$137,200 - $206,600/yr. The compensation package will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Joby also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including

• paid time off
• healthcare benefits
• a 401(k) plan with a company match
• an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• short-term and long-term disability coverage
• life insurance
• and more.

Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer