At Skyways, we are building a new form of air transportation. Some people call it the flying car. We believe fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles represent a unique opportunity to move things and ultimately people in new, more efficient ways. Our strategy to get there is completely different from the rest of the industry.
Skyways is a startup based in Austin, TX. We are backed by some of the most respected investors in Silicon Valley including YCombinator . Although we consider ourselves early-stage, we already have vehicles in production and in the hands of paying customers (see here and here ). Come join us and work on a transportation revolution to advance our civilization!
We are growing and looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. You are excited about things that fly. You are not afraid of tough engineering challenges; that's what gets you up in the morning. You are willing to work directly on the aircraft and see your creation take flight. You are excited about joining a startup, an extremely fast-paced environment where we get things done.
Responsibilities
- Build software that allows robots to fly (and land)
- Take ownership of core software-related projects at Skyways
- Invent and design new systems and go through the design review process
- Reason about your decisions based on data (experiments, math/science)
- Maintain a clean codebase by doing code reviews, writing tests, and utilizing CI
- Promote software engineering best practices and develop processes for the long term
- Ship software to production (i.e., our aircraft but also network-based applications), systems integration, and be an SRE
- Work with flight ops to test your software and iterate/improve at an insane speed
- A BSc. or MSc. degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering is required
- Minimum 7 years of experience as a software engineer (C++ / multi-threaded code, Python or similar scripting language, web-based technologies)
- 7+ years of coding production software in C++ and knowledge of object-oriented concepts
- 3+ years of experience with algorithm and software optimization
- Background in Full-stack Development, Software Architecture, IoT Systems, or other experience in architecture, designing, or developing complex systems or solutions
- Be highly independent, but also open-minded to learn more about our field (your code will fly, it's a big deal)
- A generalist and able to work throughout the stack; we code from low-level to UI and we need someone with capabilities to design and code solutions and features
- Bonus points if you have EE knowledge
- Bonus points for experience in Computer Vision, AI/ML, and automation
- Bonus points if you have experience with software running onboard a vehicle/robot
- Bonus points if you have experience with flight controls/control theory
Note: this is NOT a research position - we are looking for someone who loves to code clean solutions for a commercially viable product. Our senior role will build full-stack solutions that create new abilities and enhance existing ones independently. Someone who understands their code will solve for something, either a new feature or a whole new application, and that energizes them.
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