Staff Full Stack Software Engineer - Health Care Platform

Zipline

11d•$180,000 - $240,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Zipline's Nest Applications Software team builds and manages the fulfillment, maintenance, and flight systems that power our operations in Africa. We are responsible for the software that manages medical inventory, order processing, and flight coordination for automated delivery at scale. Our work spans internal platforms that streamline supply chain and financial workflows, as well as external-facing applications that allow customers to place and track orders. By connecting every corner of the business through software, we ensure Zipline can operate efficiently, intelligently, and globally. This team builds the software backbone of Zipline’s autonomous logistics network, turning complex real-world operations into reliable systems that scale. You’ll solve problems like: How do we give operators and partners real-time visibility into a complex physical network? How do we keep the network moving when demand shifts, weather changes, assets degrade, or capacity gets tight? How do we build financial and operational systems where every transaction, part, order, and aircraft state is traceable? How do we automate workflows across manufacturing, supply chain, fulfillment, and field operations without losing correctness? How do we design software that scales across countries, metros, verticals, and millions of deliveries? These are production systems with immediate operational and business consequences. You’ll have real ownership, make technical and product decisions, and help shape how Zipline scales.

Requirements

8+ years building and operating production-grade distributed systems.
Deep experience developing full stack software using Python, Go, or a similar object-oriented language.
Frontend experience using React or similar Javascript frameworks.
Experience architecting distributed and event-driven systems using Kafka or similar technologies.
Database modeling and performance tuning experience with Postgres.
Demonstrated history of designing systems that are simple, flexible, and resilient.
Proven implementation of comprehensive automated testing strategies.
Experience driving architectural decisions in fast-changing environments.
Track record of mentoring and growing junior engineers.
Have experience building and shipping production software systems
Bring strong full-stack fundamentals across frontend, backend, services, and data
Can turn ambiguous, high-stakes problems into simple, reliable software
Combine product instinct with systems judgment
Care deeply about reliability, correctness, usability, and operational trust
Enjoy working directly with users and stakeholders to understand real workflows
Want to shape architecture and product direction, not just implement scoped features
Are excited to use modern AI tooling to increase velocity while maintaining strong engineering rigor

Nice To Haves

Experience building modern fulfillment, logistics, or warehouse systems.
Willingness to spend significant time in Kigali, Rwanda, via travel or relocation.
Production experience with Kubernetes and AWS.

Responsibilities

Deep dive into your users’ problems to simplify operational workflows which enable the business to move efficiently
Architect simple, modular, flexible software systems that evolve with fast changing business needs.
Lead backend and frontend development of major projects across all aspects of a modern tech stack.
Establish strong automated testing practices across unit, integration, and system layers.
Improve reliability, observability, and operational robustness of production systems.
Systematize AI-assisted workflows across development, testing, and operations.
Maintain clear engineering patterns, code quality standards, and review discipline.
Mentor junior engineers through direct coaching, pairing, and design reviews.
Increase team throughput by reducing friction, simplifying architecture, and eliminating waste.
Identify ambiguous problems, design durable systems, build production software end to end, and drive adoption.