Senior Full Stack Engineer
Skyways
Austin, United States Posted September 25, 2026
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Salary Range
$150,000 - $185,000
Job Description
Join Skyways as a Senior Software Engineer, where you will be responsible for owning and shipping capabilities across product, platform, and vehicle software. You will work with modern AI tools and applied AI techniques to accelerate development and improve autonomous operations. Your tasks will include building interactive 3D visualization and mission planning features, developing and operating Python services, making production quality changes to ArduPilot, scaling and load balancing the telemetry hub, and applying AI and machine learning where they create real value. You will collaborate closely with various teams to validate changes in simulation and flight testing, and raise the engineering bar through thoughtful architecture, testing, code review, CI/CD, observability, and clear technical documentation.
- Posséder et expédier des capacités à travers SkyNav, les services backend, l'infrastructure de télémétrie et le logiciel d'avion autonome.
- Développer et exploiter des services Python, des API, des pipelines de données et de l'automatisation qui soutiennent les opérations des avions et de la flotte.
- Appliquer l'IA et l'apprentissage automatique là où ils créent une réelle valeur, y compris l'automatisation de l'ingénierie, l'analyse des données, le débogage et les outils pour les opérateurs.
- Skyways is hiring a Senior Software Engineer who can move comfortably from a 3D interface in SkyNav, to a high throughput Python service, to C++ running in our ArduPilot fork
- This role is ideal for a broad, hands on engineer who wants to ship software that flies
- Strong applied AI fluency, including using modern AI development tools effectively and building AI enabled product or operational capabilities
- Demonstrated ability to work across the stack, from user interfaces and 3D experiences to backend services and systems software
- Experience designing APIs or distributed services with attention to performance, reliability, load balancing, and observability
- Ability to debug complex issues across application, network, operating system, and hardware boundaries
- Strong production proficiency in Python, JavaScript or TypeScript, and C++
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a record of shipping production systems
- A proactive, low ego approach, strong communication, and comfort owning ambiguous problems from concept through deployment
- Experience in aviation, robotics, autonomous systems, or another environment where software interacts with real world hardware
- Experience with ArduPilot, PX4, or another autopilot stack
- Experience with Electron, CesiumJS, Three.js, Babylon.js, WebGL, or similar 3D technologies
- Experience with real time telemetry, event streaming, fleet systems, or high availability infrastructure
- Experience with embedded Linux, avionics, sensors, or direct hardware communication
- Background in GNC, computer vision, autonomy, or flight testing
- Knowledge of FAA operations, UAS regulations, defense programs, or export controlled development environments
- Experience at an early stage company where engineers move quickly across disciplines
Required Skills
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