Senior Full Stack Engineer

About the role

Skyways designs, builds, and operates fully autonomous long range cargo aircraft. Founded in 2017, the company has spent nearly a decade developing and deploying autonomous logistics systems for real world operations.

Our V2 aircraft carries 30 lbs up to 500 miles, and V3 has a maximum range of well over 1,000 miles, a maximum useful load of 100 lbs, and a maximum endurance of nearly 20 hours. Both use a hybrid electric architecture that takes off like a helicopter and cruises like a plane, enabling long range autonomous delivery without traditional runway infrastructure.

Today, Skyways aircraft fly revenue missions for commercial customers across three continents. We are scaling full rate production and building toward large fleets of autonomous cargo aircraft.

Backed by Y Combinator and a $37M AFWERX STRATFI award from the U.S. Air Force, Skyways is creating a new form of transportation to advance our civilization from Austin, Texas.

The Opportunity

Skyways is hiring a Senior Full Stack Engineer to own the path data takes from the aircraft to the operator. You will write C++ in our ArduPilot fork, build the high throughput Python services and telemetry hub behind it, and ship features in SkyNav when the work calls for it. You will use modern AI tools and applied AI techniques to move faster and improve autonomous operations. This role is ideal for a broad, hands on engineer who wants to ship software that flies.

What You'll Do: - Own and ship capabilities across SkyNav, backend services, telemetry infrastructure, and autonomous aircraft software.

- Build interactive 3D visualization and mission planning features in SkyNav using JavaScript or TypeScript and modern web graphics.

- Develop and operate Python services, APIs, data pipelines, and automation that support aircraft and fleet operations.

- Make safe, production quality changes to our ArduPilot C++ fork and integrate them with avionics, hardware, and higher level autonomy systems.

- Scale, load balance, and instrument our telemetry hub so real time fleet data remains reliable as aircraft volume grows.

- Apply AI and machine learning where they create real value, including engineering automation, data analysis, debugging, and operator tools.

- Partner closely with GNC, robotics, embedded software, flight operations, and hardware teams to validate changes in simulation and flight testing.

- Raise the engineering bar through thoughtful architecture, testing, code review, CI/CD, observability, and clear technical documentation.

What You'll Bring: - 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a record of shipping production systems.

- Strong production proficiency in Python, JavaScript or TypeScript, and C++.

- 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.