Lead, Software Application
Core
Lead the development of web, desktop, and Android tools and backend services for drone operators and engineers to plan missions, configure systems, and analyze flight data.
Role type
Senior hands-on IC Lead Software Application Engineer
Builds
Mission planning and configuration tools, flight data analysis platforms, and backend services for unmanned systems
Domain
Defense technology / Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Hands-on team leadership, cross-platform application development, backend services and APIs, offline-first architecture, system architecture design, CI/CD and observability
Preferred skills
Electron or similar cross-platform desktop frameworks, Android development, defense/robotics/field-deployed app experience, data pipeline and telemetry at scale, multi-tenant identity and access management
Technologies
Windows, Linux, macOS, web, Android, Electron, APIs, data pipelines, analytics datalake
Responsibilities
Lead and grow the application and backend development team, own end-to-end application development across platforms, design offline-first architectures, make hard architecture and security trade-offs, maintain engineering quality through code review and testing, stay hands-on with code and architecture
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership