Archer · 4 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
San Jose, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$144K/yr - $180K/yr
5+ years expArcher 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. The Senior Backend Engineer will architect, develop, and scale the core services and infrastructure that power AI products, collaborating with AI researchers and ensuring reliable delivery of AI-driven insights.
AerospaceAir TransportationElectric VehicleManufacturing
No H1B
Responsibilities
Design and maintain scalable backend systems, APIs, and data pipelines to support applications powered by AI
Leverage infrastructure-as-code tooling to build and manage backend environments
Collaborate with AI researchers, AI systems engineers, and data scientists to productionize and monitor AI/ML and optimization models
Own the full development lifecycle—from design and development to deployment, monitoring, and maintenance
Monitor system performance and reliability, and respond to production issues with effective debugging and root cause analysis
Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
Mentor and guide junior team members with diverse technical backgrounds, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and software development best practices
Qualification
Required
BS/MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a heavy focus on backend systems
Solid understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and API design
Strong proficiency in Python and/or Rust, ideally both
Solid experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as OpenTofu/Terraform and configuration management with Ansible
Solid experience with relational databases (eg. PostgresQL), in-memory databases (e.g., Valkey/Redis), and columnar databases built on top of Parquet or similar formats
Familiarity with GitOps practices (eg Argo CD) and Kubernetes deployments
Able to scale yourself with AI coding assistants while still fully understanding and taking ownership of all code you commit
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Preferred
Experience with AI/ML ops and tooling
Rust experience with async runtimes (Tokio), serialization (Cap'n Proto), and message-driven architectures is highly valued
Experience with message brokers (NATS, Kafka) and event-driven architectures
Experience building high-throughput data pipelines
Background in high-availability, real-time systems or event-driven architectures
Prior experience or a deep interest in aerospace, robotics, or autonomous systems
Company
Archer
Archer is an aerospace company that developed an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft tailored for urban air mobility systems.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.48BKey Investors
BlackRockStellantis
2025-11-06Post Ipo Equity· $650M
2025-06-12Post Ipo Equity· $850M
2025-02-11Post Ipo Equity· $300M
Leadership Team
Adam Goldstein
Founder and CEO
Tom Muniz
Chief Technology Officer
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