Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service, dedicated to ensuring access to essential goods globally. They are seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to lead the development of software systems that manage medical inventory and order processing, ensuring efficient operations and scalability.
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
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
- 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