Skyryse · 1 day ago
Backend / Database Engineer
El Segundo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$140K/yr - $170K/yr
3+ years expSkyryse is on a mission to revolutionize flight safety and accessibility with its innovative SkyOS operating system. The Backend Engineer will be responsible for designing and developing the backend infrastructure for ground stations and the centralized AI platform, focusing on scalable services and robust security measures.
AerospaceAir TransportationInternetTransportation
Responsibilities
Design and implement scalable websockets and RESTful APIs endpoints for the AI platform
Design and develop SDKs that provide intuitive interfaces for teams to interact with the groundstations and AI platforms
Build robust backend services to handle agent lifecycle management, deployment, and monitoring
Develop secure authentication and authorization systems supporting multi-tenant architecture
Understand how an agentic solution works and create efficient data access layers and database schemas that enable AI agents to interact with various internal data sources
Implement asynchronous task processing systems for handling variable-latency agent operations
Lead technical discussions and help set the technical vision for our backend roadmap
Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements across the software development lifecycle
Provide technical guidance on backend architecture and SDK design best practices
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
3+ years of professional experience in developing backend frameworks
Backend development experience building scalable applications and APIs
Strong experience with Kafka/AWS Kinesis, Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL), Time-Series Databases (InfluxDB, Prometheus, Amazon Timestream), and NoSQL databases (MongoDB)
Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Strong programming skills in Python or Rust
Preferred
Experience in building large-scale distributed systems and microservices
Hands-on experience with agentic AI frameworks
Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Proven experience developing and maintaining SDKs or client libraries for internal or external usage
Rust, Python, C++
Benefits
Valuable stock option plan
Heavily subsidized medical, dental and vision plans
20 days of paid time off (PTO) and 5 sick days annually
Company
Skyryse
Skyryse is a manufacturing firm that offers aerospace hardware and software operating systems and components design, production, and sales.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$400.58MKey Investors
Infinite CapitalCantosVenrock
2025-10-09Series C· $167.08M
2021-10-27Series B· $200M
2020-05-15Debt Financing· $2.5M
Leadership Team
Mark Groden
Founder & CEO
Stephen Koo
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2026-01-05
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