Software Engineer, Platform
AirMap, United States
Job Description
AirMap is looking for a Software Engineer with 3+ years in software development and experience designing and shipping RESTful APIs and scalable cloud applications. This is an opportunity for hands-on technical leadership in all aspects of the software development process: including architecture, specification reviews, automated testing, implementation, code reviews, debugging, and documentation.
AirMap is the world’s leading airspace services platform for unmanned aircraft. Developed by experts in technology, aviation, and policy, AirMap’s family of APIs and SDKs are used across the globe to enable safe and efficient unmanned flight.
You will work closely with a small, nimble team of platform architects and software engineers passionate about the challenges of contextual airspace and delivering the future of unmanned flight.
In this role, you will:
- Design, build, test, and maintain scalable APIs, services, and systems within the AirMap Platform, primarily in Go.
- Participate in all aspects of the product lifecycle, from ideation to design to specification to release.
- Debug issues on all parts of the stack and improve our automated testing practices.
- Communicate closely with a small, nimble, cross-functional team.
- Own modules end-to-end as an individual contributor while collaborating with the wider team on key architectural decisions.
Requirements
- You’ve been employed as a software engineer for 3+ years.
- You preferably have experience in the unmanned aviation industry
- You have a solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and a deftness at object-oriented design and systems architecture.
- You have an strong understanding of at least one of the following programming languages: Go, Python, JavaScript, C++, or Java.
- You know SQL and have worked with a variety of relational databases (NoSQL experience is a big plus).
- You get excited about developing cloud applications and data pipelines that value automation, testing, and security.
- You’ve built and maintained public-facing RESTful and/or gRPC APIs that are designed to be used at scale. You know container technologies inside and out and have experience building distributed applications and microservices with tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
- You understand the most popular solutions offered by cloud providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and know when to use which tool for the job (and when to build your own).
- You have base proficiency in front end web development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
- You enjoy communicating complex technical issues to cross-functional teams and seek to engage in a culture of curiosity and healthy debate.
Benefits
AirMap offers competitive pay and benefits, flexibility to work from home, and the opportunity to work on something truly innovative.