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Software Engineer, Airspace Platform

Zipline · South San Francisco, California, USA

Posted 22 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
22 days
Zipline 's roles stay open a median of 43 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
51% of Zipline 's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Zipline
high
153 stale, 6 reposted of 342 open
Hiring momentum
454 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-18

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Zipline 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Zipline .

About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer at Zipline, you will lead the design and delivery of airspace-management capabilities for a commercial drone network. Your role involves building core services for shared-airspace coordination, translating complex operational requirements into system designs, and owning projects throughout the software lifecycle. You will also contribute to open-source projects and provide technical leadership within the team.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Zipline as an employer.

What you need

  • A track record of designing and delivering reliable software systems in complex or high-consequence environments
  • Strong experience with distributed systems, service architecture, APIs, and data modeling
  • Sound engineering judgment, including the ability to make and communicate tradeoffs under ambiguity
  • Experience operating production services in a modern cloud environment; experience with AWS and Kubernetes is helpful
  • A product mindset and empathy for operators, partners, and other users of the systems you build
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

  • Safety-critical, security-sensitive, real-time, or other high-consequence systems
  • Simulation, optimization, geospatial systems, robotics, autonomy, or aviation
  • Interoperability standards or open-source development
  • AWS and Kubernetes at production scale

Worth weighing

  • Previous aviation experience is not required, which may appeal to a broader range of candidates.
  • The role emphasizes working in ambiguous, early-stage environments, which may not suit everyone.
  • No specific salary or benefits information is provided in the posting.

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Listed by Zipline on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-18. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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