Senior Software Engineer - Maps Platform

Zipline•South San Francisco, CA

2d•$160,000 - $250,000

About The Position

Zipline is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Maps Platform, which builds mapping infrastructure that powers every Zipline flight. The team develops the backbone for geographic data, features, and map-driven services used by Zipline products and operators. The role focuses on making map data fast, accurate, and reliable for human workflows such as map editors, operator dashboards, and regulatory UIs, as well as autonomous systems such as routing and onboard systems. This position combines backend, data, and platform engineering with user interface design and pragmatic production ownership. The engineer will own systems from raw data ingestion through production services, working with large-scale geospatial datasets and collaborating across autonomy, routing, simulation, and operations. Zipline uses AI-assisted and agentic engineering workflows to increase engineering velocity while maintaining strong standards for system rigor and data quality. The position may be hired at the Software Engineer II, Senior Software Engineer, or Staff Software Engineer level, depending on the candidate's experience, skills, and demonstrated scope. The stated starting cash range is $160,000–$250,000, with the final amount depending on factors including experience, qualifications, skills, work location, and projected impact. Total compensation may also include equity, discretionary annual or performance bonuses, sales incentives, and benefits.

Requirements

Experience building and operating large-scale data pipelines.
A track record of shipping reliable services and APIs.
An ownership mindset and ability to drive projects end-to-end.
Experience working with large datasets and designing reliable data-processing logic.
Familiarity with data modeling, data quality, and validation in production systems.
Comfort working with cross-functional teams and integrating systems across domains.
Strong backend or distributed-systems engineering fundamentals.

Nice To Haves

Experience with geospatial systems, mapping technologies, or GIS tooling.
Familiarity with technologies in Zipline's current stack, including Go, Python, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Kafka, and AWS.

Responsibilities

Build and operate mapping infrastructure that provides geographic data, features, and map-driven services to Zipline products and operators.
Make map data fast, accurate, and reliable for human workflows and autonomous systems.
Design and build pipelines that process and serve large-scale geospatial datasets with strict accuracy, consistency, and availability requirements.
Own systems end-to-end, from raw data ingestion to production services.
Build reliable services and APIs and take pragmatic ownership of them in production.
Collaborate across autonomy, routing, simulation, and operations, integrating systems across domains.
Use modern AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity while maintaining strong system design and data-quality standards.