# Senior Software Engineer at Skyways

- Company: Skyways
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://skyways.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Austin, TX
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $185K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-29
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/skyways/fb1e015f-9278-4b95-9750-24a42488a9d3
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/skyways-senior-software-engineer-2/

## About the role

Skyways is hiring a Senior Software Engineer who can move comfortably from a 3D interface in SkyNav, to a high throughput Python service, to C++ running in our ArduPilot fork. You will own capabilities end to end across product, platform, and vehicle software, using modern AI tools and applied AI techniques to accelerate development and improve autonomous operations. This role is ideal for a broad, hands on engineer who wants to ship software that flies.

## What they're looking for

- Own and ship capabilities across SkyNav, backend services, telemetry infrastructure, and autonomous aircraft software
- Build interactive 3D visualization and mission planning features in SkyNav using JavaScript or TypeScript and modern web graphics
- Develop and operate Python services, APIs, data pipelines, and automation that support aircraft and fleet operations
- Make safe, production quality changes to our ArduPilot C++ fork and integrate them with avionics, hardware, and higher level autonomy systems
- Scale, load balance, and instrument our telemetry hub so real time fleet data remains reliable as aircraft volume grows
- Apply AI and machine learning where they create real value, including engineering automation, data analysis, debugging, and operator tools

Tags: Skyways