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Skyways · 2 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer

positionAustin, TX
timeContract
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
date5+ years exp

Skyways is building the future of air transportation with fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own and evolve SkyNav, their mission planning and ground control software, focusing on frontend development and user experience.

AerospaceDrone ManagementDronesSoftwareTransportation
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Responsibilities

Own the frontend development of SkyNav, our mission planner and ground control application
Design and implement intuitive, high performance user interfaces for mission planning, monitoring, and visualization
Build rich, interactive experiences for maps, timelines, telemetry, and geospatial data
Work closely with product and flight teams to iterate quickly based on operator feedback from live, in the field and forward deployed missions, including time spent at flight test ranges and customer sites
Collaborate closely with autonomy, GNC, flight operations, and backend engineers to translate real world requirements into usable operator interfaces
Improve frontend architecture, performance, reliability, and maintainability as SkyNav scales
Contribute to UX, interaction patterns, and technical direction for operator facing tools
Participate in code reviews and help raise the frontend engineering bar across the team

Qualification

Frontend developmentReactJavaScriptElectronJSPythonGeospatial applicationsSystem designTestingMaintainable architectureCross-functional collaboration

Required

5+ years of professional software engineering experience, primarily focused on frontend development
Strong experience building complex, stateful user interfaces with React
Strong JavaScript fundamentals and experience building large scale frontend applications
Proven experience shipping a production desktop application using ElectronJS
Experience building mission planning, mapping, or visualization heavy applications, including geospatial or 3D components
Working proficiency in Python and experience collaborating with backend and autonomy systems
Experience working with real time data, operator facing tools, and reliability critical interfaces
Solid software engineering fundamentals, including system design, testing, and maintainable architecture
Ability to work cross functionally with autonomy, flight operations, and hardware teams in a fast moving environment

Preferred

Experience managing complex frontend application state using MobX
Experience with geospatial or 3D visualization libraries such as CesiumJS, Three.js, or similar
Background in mission planning, mapping, robotics, autonomy, or aviation related software
Familiarity with real time systems, telemetry visualization, or control interfaces
Experience building operator facing software where clarity and reliability matter more than visual polish
Startup experience shipping production software with real users and real consequences

Company

Skyways

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Skyways designs and manufactures long-range autonomous unmanned cargo aircraft systems for logistics and operational efficiency.
dateFounded in 2017
location
Austin, Texas, USA
people-size2-10 employees
web-link
http://skyways.com

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$58.12M
Key Investors
Leonid Capital PartnersAFWERX
2025-06-26Debt Financing· $5M
2025-06-09Grant· $37M
2021-12-03Series A· $15M

Leadership Team

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Charles Acknin
Co-Founder & CEO
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Recent News

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2025-08-21
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