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Zipline · 5 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Fleet Core

South San Francisco, CA, US

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$170K/yr - $210K/yr

Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move, aiming to solve urgent access challenges through innovative logistics solutions. As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Fleet Core team, you will work on cloud systems that manage Zipline's fleet of autonomous aircraft, ensuring scalability and reliability of operations.

Computer Software

Growth Opportunities

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 frontend development

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

For far too long, retail brands have struggled with disconnects between headquarters and frontline teams.

San Francisco, California, US

51-200 employees

https://getzipline.com

Funding

Current Stage

Growth Stage

Leadership Team

Melissa Wong

CEO & Co-Founder

Deri McCrea

Chief Customer Officer

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