Senior Backend Software Engineer

We are looking for 0 to 1 Software Engineers to join an elite team that is building out Archer’s Airline Operations Software Ecosystem. This role enables you to be one of a few people to craft the future of urban air mobility by building agentic software that powers it

The products you will be building in this role will be integral for Archer’s LA2028 Olympics operation and to support the logistics, routing, performance, and dispatch of our aircraft for decades to come

We’re looking for someone who can own a product end-to-end, from frontend to backend to deployment, while bringing strong backend depth to help guide the team’s architecture decisions

Archer’s Airline Software team operates with Startup DNA and as such, we are looking for engineers who thrive in an autonomous environment where you will be encouraged to make product, design, and architecture decisions

The Airline Software Team is by design lean to provide engineers with career defining opportunities to design and scale an application that will touch millions of passengers a year

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 our 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

Engineers who have built and shipped multiple products across disciplines and languages are encouraged to apply

Technologies: NextJS, JavaScript, React, React Native, Swift, Python, Fast API, Postgres

Strong understanding of how to implement and train AI systems into SaaS products and willingness to learn and adapt to building voice agent

End-to-end experience building software across the full stack — from front-end, back-end, and cloud deployment

5+ years of post-college work, or entrepreneurial experience

Adaptability. Quickly and iteratively respond to needs of customers and turn product changes around on tight timelines

Bachelors or Masters Degree in an engineering discipline (or multiple pieces of evidence of outstanding individual technical achievement)

Ability to create intuitive, clean, and professional products without a dedicated designer or design system

Familiarity with building serverless & micro-service in popular cloud hyperscalers andManaging production grade CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure & DevOps experience: k8s, S3, RDS, SQS, Lambda, Datadog, Docker, Github Actions, Fastlane

Strong passion for aviation and/or UAM

Willingness and ability to transition between mobile and web development

Previous experience working in and around logistics, transportation and/or aviation related companies

Ex-Founder or have worked at an early-stage startup

Experience working on complex systems of records like EHRs, ERPs, PMS, CMS, CRMs, and others

Personal Projects: Rich Github history with examples of personal projects that can be shared with the hiring team and/or open-source contributions

Passion for Design