Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Location: San Jose, California, United States

Department: AI Products

Archer is best known for Midnight, our electric aircraft. This role isn't on that program. The AI Products Org builds consumer software for the general aviation industry. There's a lot we're not ready to talk about publicly yet, so this posting stays vague on purpose. What we can say: the products are real, they ship, and people use them every day.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll build and maintain systems that servie as a critical link between physical hardware and backend services. You may write software that runs on embedded devices one day and scalable cloud services the next, requiring both breadth across systems and the ability to dive deep when needed.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, build, and maintain software systems that span edge devices and cloud infrastructure

• Develop and support software running on Raspberry Pi and similar embedded environments

• Build scalable backend services using Python on AWS

• Ensure reliable data flow and system integration between hardware and cloud services

• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot production issues across hardware and software boundaries

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following engineering best practices

• Adapt to changing priorities by contributing across software development, infrastructure, and hardware testing as needed

What You Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

• Strong proficiency in Python

• Experience building or managing applications on AWS

• Proven problem-solving skills and the ability to debug complex, cross-disciplinary systems

 

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with edge computing or embedded systems (Raspberry Pi, GPIO, Sensors)

• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform

• Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases

• Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker

• Willingness to learn and work with additional languages or frameworks as needed (i.e. Rust)

 

About The Team:

Please note that this job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position and does not include an exhaustive list of responsibilities and qualifications

At Archer we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company’s business strategy. For this position we are targeting a base pay between $145,000.00 - $180,000.00. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer’s People Team at people@archer.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.