About Zipline
Do you want to change the world? Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move. Our aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges by building, manufacturing and operating the first instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally, wherever they are. From powering Rwanda’s national blood delivery network and Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart, to enabling healthcare providers to bring care directly to U.S. homes, we are transforming the way things move for businesses, governments and consumers. The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need, when you need it. Through our technology that includes robotics and autonomy, we are decarbonizing delivery, decreasing road congestion, and reducing fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access to billions of people and building a more resilient global supply chain.
Join Zipline and help us to make good on our promise to build an equitable and more resilient global supply chain for billions of people.
About You and The Role
Zipline’s Application Software team builds the tools we use to run our business. We are responsible for the operating system of Zipline – we develop critical applications that enable the manufacturing, maintenance, and service of our drone delivery system. We’re currently creating and improving systems to optimize operations across the business, including within finance, supply chain, inventory, manufacturing, maintenance, and engineering. We also build the software applications that enable the Zipline fulfillment experience, ranging from customer-facing applications for placing orders and tracking deliveries to internal applications for managing inventory and shipping orders.
We are looking for intelligent, driven, and collaborative engineers who love challenges and aspire to contribute to a profoundly impactful mission. You will take full ownership of complex problems, collaborating with a team of passionate engineers and stakeholders with diverse perspectives to architect and implement solutions that propel Zipline towards its objectives.
What You'll Do
- Collaborate with software engineers and business stakeholders to deliver impactful full stack software solutions
- Deep dive into your users’ problems to simplify software workflows which enable the business to move efficiently
- Design and develop applications ranging from from customer-facing applications for placing orders and tracking deliveries to internal applications for managing inventory and shipping orders.
- Develop intuitive scalable solutions using technologies like React, PostgreSQL, Python, and other frameworks.
- Contribute to architectural decisions to build scalable and distributed systems that are used around the world
What You'll Bring
- 8+ years of professional experience developing full stack software using Python, Go, or a similar object-oriented language.
- Frontend experience using React, Angular, or similar Javascript frameworks, including proficiency in GraphQL for efficient data fetching.
- Database experience with PostgreSQL, Sqlalchemy, or similar database technologies
- Knowledge of database fundamentals like designing schemas, indexing, migrations, normalization, and managing backups
- Experience with version control (Git), continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts
- Proven experience working with business stakeholders to understand problems and then deliver high impact by architecting and building software solutions
Nice to Haves
- Production experience with Kubernetes and AWS
- Experience with build systems (Make) and package management tools (pip)
- Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment & monitoring
What Else You Need to Know
The starting cash range for this role is $170,000 - $210,000. Please note that this is a target, starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role. The final cash pay for this role will depend on a variety of factors, including a specific candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, working location, and projected impact. The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; overtime pay; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.
Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state, federal or local law or our other policies.
We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!
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Zipline South San Francisco, California, USA Office
South San Francisco, CA, United States
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