Senior Full Stack Engineer

SkyGrid, a Boeing SparkCognition Company, exists to open the sky for autonomous flight. Based in Austin, Texas, SkyGrid builds high-assurance third-party services to enable the safe operations and airspace integration of autonomous aircraft. SkyGrid also acts as a key operational nexus for advanced air mobility, integrating and managing data, infrastructure, access, and traffic to support seamless and efficient air traffic services. 

The SkyGrid team is looking for an experienced Senior Full Stack Engineer who will own the architecture and development of APIs, database schemas, and frontend applications using Python on ECS/EKS, PostgreSQL and React/NextJS(TypeScript) respectively. This individual will develop effective CI pipelines and coding practices to ensure quality and correctness of software products.  In this role, you will work closely with test engineers to implement an automated test suite for the services and applications using pytest, JUnit, Cypress, Postman collections and GitLab CI. This person will guide and mentor a team of junior engineers.

• Implement and deploy SkyGrid’s prototype software and automated test suite 
• Maintain high-quality internal and external documentation for APIs, frontend applications, and development practices 
• Mentor junior engineers on software architecture patterns and software design 

• Design and develop backend systems and APIs in Python, ensuring code quality and maintainability 
• Make key high-level design decisions for distributed architectures 
• Develop and maintain APIs using REST, gRPC, or similar 
• Conduct rigorous testing, including lower-level software testing and higher-level system integration testing 
• Engage in systematic debugging and root cause analysis to ensure software reliability 
• Develop technical documentation, conduct code walkthroughs, and participate actively in code reviews 
• Act as a mentor for more junior developers, fostering a team of independent and skilled professionals 
• Collaborate in Agile development practices, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives 
• Translate business requirements into detailed software requirements and architectures 

• 8+ years of software engineering industry experience 
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field 
• Experience in a technical leadership role with the demonstrated capability to make high-level architectural design decisions for distributed systems 
• Proven experience developing distributed applications and APIs using REST, gRPC, GraphQL, or similar, preferably in Python 
• Experience with TypeScript and front-end frameworks like React, Vue, Angular, or similar 
• Comfortable working in Docker and deploying to cloud container runtimes such as AWS ECS or Kubernetes 
• Familiarity with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, database migrations, query optimization 
• Strong ability in technical documentation and effective communication skills 
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions without significant guidance 
• Proficiency in Git, and comfortable working in Linux or MacOS environments 

• Experience in the aerospace, aviation, or autonomous systems industries is highly desirable 
• Familiarity with safety-critical system development and associated standards 
• Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines 
• 8+ years of software engineering industry experience in C/C++ for safety critical systems