# AI Tooling Software Engineer - Data Platform, Autonomy at Zipline

- Company: Zipline
- What the company does: Zipline delivers food, groceries, and medicine in minutes with fast, reliable, zero emission delivery. Backed by Sequoia and Techstars.
- Company website: https://flyzipline.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: South San Francisco, California, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-11-04
- Apply by: 2026-12-19
- Apply: https://www.zipline.com/open-roles/8196248003?gh_jid=8196248003&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-ai-tooling-software-engineer-data-platform-autonomy/

## About the role

As an AI tooling engineer on the Autonomy team, you will build and scale the systems that help our teams visualize, annotate, debug, and extract signals from vehicles making real-world deliveries every day. These tools sit near the top of the data funnel and power the feedback loop that improves model and hardware performance and the customer experience. We are looking for an experienced software generalist or someone with exceptional depth in frontend or backend systems. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Build sophisticated, multimodal data triage and visualization interfaces for Zipline’s data pipelines so teams can investigate critical autonomy problems
- Build scalable backend APIs and real-time data pipelines for querying, filtering, and aggregating large datasets
- Design database schemas, indexes, and query strategies that keep search and analysis fast at scale
- Partner with autonomy, service, maintenance, and operations teams to improve workflows and build tools for development, troubleshooting, and fleet health

Tags: Flight SW

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-ai-tooling-software-engineer-data-platform-autonomy/