Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

About the role

Icarus was founded on the belief that the Stratosphere is the Forgotten Frontier and that reclaiming it will define the next era of aerospace and what is possible from the sky. We build solar-powered aircraft that fly at 60,000 ft for weeks at a time, delivering persistent, affordable, and scalable presence from this layer of the atmosphere. Mission Re-establish and maintain dominance in the Stratosphere.

Responsibilities

• Build and own end-to-end software systems that power flight operations, autonomy, and user interaction
• Develop mission-critical backend services for telemetry, command and control, data ingestion, and analytics
• Build clean, fast frontends for ground control, monitoring, and operator workflows
• Create APIs and data pipelines that connect aircraft, ground stations, and users
• Work closely with embedded, avionics, GNC, RF, and operations teams to ship tightly integrated systems
• Support flight test, field ops, and rapid iteration using real flight data
• Take systems from concept to production with speed and ownership

Requirements

2+ years building real full-stack software in production

Strong backend experience (Python, Go, Rust, or similar)

Strong frontend experience (React, TypeScript, or similar)

Experience designing APIs, databases, and distributed systems

Comfort working close to hardware, real-time systems, or operational data

Able to move fast, own outcomes, and debug under pressure

Qualifications

Why Icarus

• Meaningful equity
• Top market salary and bonuses
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Factory in El Segundo
• Real ownership, real hardware, real flight
• Small team, massive responsibility
• High signal (engineering) to noise (management) culture
• Dream desk setup
• Daily lunch
• Unlimited celsius

Skills

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Benefits

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Pay

US salary range $120,000 - $220,000 USD

Schedule

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