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Zipline · 3 hours ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Fleet Core

positionSouth San Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$170K/yr - $210K/yr

Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move by building an instant delivery and logistics system. As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Fleet Core team, you will design and build systems for orchestrating a fleet of autonomous aircraft, ensuring scalability and reliability, while collaborating with various teams to integrate and test cloud functionality.

DeliveryDronesElectric VehicleHome Health CareLogisticsRoboticsSupply Chain Management
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Responsibilities

Design and build systems to orchestrate a fleet of autonomous Zips, focusing on scalability and reliability
Expand and evolve our service architecture
Collaborate with flight software and user-facing application teams to define robust, clear service interfaces
Build tools for simulation, integration testing, and observability of distributed services

Qualification

Distributed systemsMicroservice designTest automationPythonKubernetesAWSGeneralist engineering mindsetPerformance optimizationWeb frontends

Required

Experience building complex, distributed systems that operate under production loads
Proven ownership of systems and the ability to represent their design and behavior across teams
Solid understanding of microservice design principles
Strong test automation skills to support maintainable, extensible code
Solid foundation in designing reliable, low-latency distributed services
A generalist engineering mindset, ready to dive in and contribute across many facets of Zipline's software

Preferred

Track record of taking projects through a full software lifecycle, from prototype stage to bulletproof production systems
Expertise in Python, Go, or Rust
Experience using Kubernetes, CDK, Docker, Kafka, AWS, and other cloud technologies
Skilled in analyzing and optimizing performance across complex service architectures
Ability and/or interest in building simple web frontends for engineer-focused testing or debugging tools

Benefits

Equity compensation
Discretionary annual or performance bonuses
Sales incentives
Benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance
Paid time off

Company

Zipline

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Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates drones to deliver vital medical products.
dateFounded in 2011
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://www.zipline.com/

H1B Sponsorship

Zipline has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (54)
2024 (39)
2023 (29)
2022 (20)
2021 (16)
2020 (3)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$971M
Key Investors
U.S. Department of StateThe Rise FundKatalyst Ventures
2025-11-25Grant· $150M
2023-04-28Series F· $330M
2021-06-30Series E· $250M

Leadership Team

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Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
Co-founder & CEO
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Keenan Wyrobek
Founder, CTO and Product Architect
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