Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise Systems

Zipline•South San Francisco, CA

10h

About The Position

Zipline is building systems that power its operations end-to-end, aiming to design faster, smarter workflows, connect data across the business, and remove friction. The Enterprise Systems team develops software that integrates manufacturing, supply chain, finance, inventory, hardware quality assurance, and field operations into a single operational nervous system. These systems are crucial for Zipline's ability to manufacture, test, deploy, and operate its global drone fleet efficiently. Unlike most companies that adapt operations to off-the-shelf software, Zipline builds its own systems, allowing the software to evolve with the business and ensuring business processes inform system design. This approach enables rapid iteration on workflows, automation of complex operations, and continuous improvement as the company scales. Engineers on this team own the product and collaborate directly with end users, including manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and field operations teams. This direct engagement allows engineers to identify problems, design and build end-to-end solutions, and deliver systems with immediate company-wide impact. The role is unique as it sits at the intersection of software and real-world operations, determining the efficiency of aircraft manufacturing, inventory movement, traceability, asset deployment, and global delivery network support. It involves building ERP from scratch, taking extreme ownership from problem identification to deployment and adoption, and being embedded with real operations. The team also heavily leverages AI and agentic workflows to accelerate development while maintaining strong engineering rigor.

Requirements

Experience building and shipping production software systems
Strong full-stack engineering fundamentals
Ability to design scalable systems and services
Comfort working directly with stakeholders to understand problems and define solutions
Ownership mindset and the ability to drive projects end-to-end

Nice To Haves

Interest in improving operational workflows and building systems that power real-world operations
Interest in using modern AI tooling to amplify productivity while maintaining high standards for system design and code quality

Responsibilities

Design and build the core systems that power Zipline
Identify operational pain points
Design solutions for operational problems
Build systems for operational problems
Deploy systems to production
Drive adoption of systems across the business
Work directly with manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and field operations teams to understand workflows firsthand
Solve problems related to scaling manufacturing systems and tooling to increase production rates by orders of magnitude without scaling labor costs exponentially
Plan, execute, and automate manufacturing and supply chain systems to support aggressive fleet growth and increasing operational complexity
Build a trusted, end-to-end traceability system that captures the full lifecycle of every part
Create a true single source of truth across systems so data is consistent, reliable, and never fragmented
Design platforms that scale with the business without becoming bottlenecks for critical operational workflows
Leverage and orchestrate AI tooling to increase velocity, quality, and throughput while maintaining strong engineering rigor