Software Engineer (Jacksonville, FL)

Apellix; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and federal holidays

100% paid healthcare

401(k)

Job summary

Apellix seeks a software engineer to own the desktop app, Android controller, and a customer portal. You’ll build applications that turn drone sensor data into readable, useful visuals used in the field.

Join a small, fast-moving team building real aircraft software with a strong UI/UX focus, collaborating across engineering disciplines to deliver tools customers rely on for mission-critical work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience building and maintaining production applications.
• Experience building data visualization, reporting, or analytics features.
• Experience developing desktop, Android, backend, and web applications.
• Strong UI/UX skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong experience with C++, Qt, Python, R and/or application development.
• Experience with PX4, QGroundControl, or similar robotics/embedded software.
• Experience with Git, software testing, and production deployment practices.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience integrating and deploying machine learning models and features into production software
• Strong server-side skills: backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, S3, data storage), with experience scaling systems as usage grows.
• U.S. Person status (E-Verify).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Apellix operator applications for Android, macOS, and Windows using Qt/C++, Python, R.
• Design and implement frontend, backend, and cloud-based web applications, customer portals, and internal software tools.
• Build scalable backend services and APIs supporting communication between drones, controllers, and cloud infrastructure.
• Support and extend the PX4 flight control software stack across multiple commercial drone platforms.
• Manage and maintain software for multiple commercial drone products throughout the development lifecycle.
• Write production-quality, maintainable code and participate in testing, deployment, and release management.
• Collaborate with robotics and hardware engineering teams to integrate and validate new platform capabilities.
• Use Git and modern version control workflows for collaborative software development.

Skills

C++

Qt

Python

R

UI/UX

Data visualization

Cloud/AWS

Machine learning deployment

GIT

PX4/QGroundControl

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE

Tools

OpenCV

ROS

AWS

Job description

Software Engineer

Company:Apellix

Location:Jacksonville, FL — On-site

Employment Type:Full-time

Reports to:Production Manager and Engineering Lead

About Apellix

Apellix designs and manufactures autonomous and semi-autonomous drones that put tools in the sky — power washing, spray painting and coatings application, and non‑destructive testing (NDT) inspection at height, so people don’t have to. Our systems are 100% U.S.-made, NDAA compliant, and U.S. Army-certified, and they’re deployed by customers in 21 countries across five continents.

The Role

We’re looking for a full-stack, platform-agnostic application developer to own the software our drone operators and customers touch every day: the desktop app (across PC and Mac), the Android controller app, and a customer portal and dashboard where job data lives. You’ll build the applications that take the data our drone sensors produce and make it useful, visible, and beautiful. Great UI/UX is important. The interfaces you build get used in the field, in real conditions, to run a real aircraft, and get reviewed by customers deciding whether the job was done right. They have to be easy-to-read and good-looking.

We’re looking for a software engineer who builds apps, launches them to customers, and maintains them as the product and customer base grow.

Some of What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain Apellix operator applications for Android, macOS, and Windows using Qt/C++, Python, R.
• Design and implement frontend, backend, and cloud-based web applications, customer portals, and internal software tools.
• Build scalable backend services and APIs supporting communication between drones, controllers, and cloud infrastructure.
• Support and extend the PX4 flight control software stack across multiple commercial drone platforms.
• Manage and maintain software for multiple commercial drone products throughout the development lifecycle.
• Write production-quality, maintainable code and participate in testing, deployment, and release management.
• Collaborate with robotics and hardware engineering teams to integrate and validate new platform capabilities.
• Use Git and modern version control workflows for collaborative software development.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience building and maintaining production applications.
• Experience building data visualization, reporting, or analytics features.
• Experience developing desktop, Android, backend, and web applications.
• Strong UI/UX skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong experience with C++, Qt, Python, R and/or application development.
• Experience with PX4, QGroundControl, or similar robotics/embedded software.
• Experience with Git, software testing, and production deployment practices.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience integrating and deploying machine learning models and features into production software
• Strong server-side skills: backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, S3, data storage), with experience scaling systems as usage grows.
• U.S. Person status (E-Verify).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating hardware devices over serial, USB, Ethernet, CAN, or similar communication interfaces.
• Experience working with camera, image, LiDAR, or other sensor data.
• Experience with computer vision libraries (e.g., "OpenCV") or image processing.
• Basic familiarity with ROS or robotics software concepts is beneficial but not required.

Why Apellix

• Build software that runs real aircrafts doing real work and the portal, dashboards, and apps that customers see every day.
• Sit with the team building the drones, with direct impact on the product and on Apellix Intelligence.
• Small, fast-moving team with real autonomy and ownership.
• A differentiated mission: American-made, NDAA-compliant, Army-certified aircraft that take people out of harm’s way, trusted on five continents.
• Salary commensurate with experience.
• PTO and federal holidays.
• 100% paid healthcare, which comes with free counseling and telehealth.
• 401(k).