Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack

Archer; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Equal opportunity employer

Reasonable accommodations

Job summary

Archer Aviation in San Jose, California is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join an elite team building Archer's Airline Operations Software Ecosystem. You will own end-to-end development from frontend to backend and cloud deployment.

Experience with backend development combined with AI-focused frontend work is highly valued. You will design scalable architectures, lead technical execution, and collaborate with design, data science, and aviation experts to deliver high-quality software.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of post college work or entrepreneurial experience.
• End-to-end experience building all parts of software from front-end to back-end and cloud deployment.
• Ability to create intuitive, clean, professional products with minimal design influence.
• Strong understanding of how to implement and train AI systems into SaaS products.

Responsibilities

• Build great software from requirements into reliable web and mobile applications.
• Create and manage backend infrastructure including database schemas, API architecture, and orchestration services.
• Lead end-to-end technical execution with ownership of the software lifecycle.
• Design architecture and tech stack balancing scalability, speed, and reliability.
• Contribute to the roadmap and prototype tools for aircraft performance and dispatch settings.
• Collaborate with design, data science, and aviation experts to enhance features.
• Utilize code-generation tech to improve productivity.
• Implement and productize ML/DL algorithms from AI research.

Skills

End-to-end software

AI integration

Cloud deployment

Frontend development

Backend development

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

S3

RDS

SQS

Lambda

Datadog

Docker

Temporal

Job description

Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise.

Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.We are looking for 0 to 1 Staff 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.

Experience with backend development combined with AI-focused front-end development is especially valued.

What You'll Do:

• 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
• Lead end-to-end technical execution and receive full ownership of the software development lifecycle
• 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 with design, data science, and technical aviation experts to supercharge the features and products you are working on
• Use the latest code-generation technologies to streamline your workflow and achieve breakthrough productivity
• Implement and productize novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms developed by our AI/ML research team

What You Need:

• 8+ years of post college work, or entrepreneurial experience
• Bachelors or Masters Degree in an engineering discipline (or multiple pieces of evidence of outstanding individual technical achievement)
• End-to-end experience building all parts of software, from front-end to back-end and to cloud deployment
• Ability to create intuitive, clean, and professional products with minimal design influence
• Strong understanding of how to implement and train AI systems into SaaS products and willingness to learn and adapt to building voice agent
• Familiarity with building server-less & micro-service in popular cloud hyperscalers and managing production grade CI/CD pipelines
• Quickly and iteratively respond to needs of customers and turn product changes around on tight timelines

Bonus Qualifications:

• Infrastructure experience: k8s, S3, RDS, SQS, Lambda, Datadog, Docker, and Temporal Orchestration Service
• Strong passion for aviation and/or UAM
• Rich Github history with examples of personal projects that can be shared with the hiring team and/or open-source contributions
• Willingness and ability to transition between mobile and web development

Please note that this job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position and does not include an exhaustive list of responsibilities and qualificationsAt Archer we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company's business strategy. For this position we are targeting a base pay between $180,000.00 - $215,000.00. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer's People Team at . Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer's People Team at . Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Archer is unable to provide work visa sponsorship for this position at the present time.

Archer is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Archer Aviation does not engage with external recruiting agencies/individual recruiters with whom it does not have a prior written agreement. Archer reserves the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes that it receives and bears no responsibility for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes. If you are a recruiting agency or individual recruiter wishing to do business with Archer, please reach out to . All employment processes are managed by the Archer People Team.