Archer Aviation develops electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft and related AI-enabled operational technologies for urban air taxi networks.
<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Archer 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. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.</span></p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>This is a hybrid role, requiring in-person work at our San Jose, CA headquarters 10 days per month.</strong><br><br>Archer is on a mission to not only unlock the skies with our aircraft Midnight, but with the entire software fabric that goes into running a large, sophisticated airline operation. We are looking for<strong> </strong>0 to 1 Software Engineers to join an elite team that is building out Archer’s Airline Operations Software Ecosystem. This role enables you to be one of a few people to craft the future of urban air mobility by building agentic software that powers it. The products you will be building in this role will be integral for Archer’s LA2028 Olympics operation and to support the logistics, routing, performance, and dispatch of our aircraft for decades to come.<br><br>We're looking for someone who can own a product end-to-end, from frontend to backend to deployment, while bringing strong backend depth to help guide the team's architecture decisions. Engineers who have built and shipped multiple products across disciplines and languages are encouraged to apply. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Archer’s Airline Software team operates with Startup DNA and as such, we are looking for engineers who thrive in an autonomous environment where you will be encouraged to make product, design, and architecture decisions. The Airline Software Team is by design lean to provide engineers with career defining opportunities to design and scale an application that will touch millions of passengers a year.<br></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What You'll Do:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build great software. Take product requirements and turn them into beautiful, reliable, and high quality web and mobile applications</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Create and manage backend infrastructure including building database schemas, API architecture, orchestration services, and refining architecture</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lead end-to-end technical execution and receive full ownership of the software development lifecycle</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design and implement the architecture and tech stack that will serve as the backbone for our platform while balancing scalability, speed, and reliability</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Contribute to our Roadmap. Ideate, plan, and prototype technical tools for aircraft performance and dispatch settings</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Work with Design, Data Science, and Technical Aviation Experts to supercharge the features and products you are working on</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Use the latest code-generation technologies to streamline your workflow and achieve breakthrough productivity</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Implement and productize novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms developed by our AI/ML research team </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><br>What You Need:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">5+ years of post-college work, or entrepreneurial experience </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bachelors or Masters Degree in an engineering discipline (or multiple pieces of evidence of outstanding individual technical achievement)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">End-to-end experience building software across the full stack — from front-end, back-end, and cloud deployment</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Technologies: NextJS, JavaScript, React, React Native, Swift, Python, Fast API, Postgres</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ability to create intuitive, clean, and professional products without a dedicated designer or design system</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong understanding of how to implement and train AI systems into SaaS products and willingness to learn and adapt to building voice agent</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with building serverless & micro-service in popular cloud hyperscalers andManaging production grade CI/CD pipelines</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Adaptability. Quickly and iteratively respond to needs of customers and turn product changes around on tight timelines</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><br>Bonus Qualifications:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Infrastructure & DevOps experience: k8s, S3, RDS, SQS, Lambda, Datadog, Docker, Github Actions, Fastlane</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong