# Staff Engineer (Defense) at Airspace Intelligence Com

> United States · Staff · Software engineering · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3Aairspace-intelligence.com%3Ac53eba4f-b43c-4262-9119-12819ee666d3 (read 2026-11-09).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Airspace Intelligence Com](https://alderhq.app/companies/airspace-intelligence-com)
- Location text: Boston, US
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Boston, US")
- Posted: 2023-08-15 (1182 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-04 · last verified: 2026-11-08
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 1 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/airspace-intelligence.com/c53eba4f-b43c-4262-9119-12819ee666d3
- Skills listed (inferred): TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Rust, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Spark, LLMs

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $300k–$400k per year (from the listing's pay field)
- Market band for similar posted roles (Boston, n 93): p25 $190k, median $219k, p75 $253k

## Description (the employer's text)

### About ASI

ASI is the frontier AI company that dynamically orchestrates critical infrastructure and defense assets, across air traffic control, energy, logistics, and combat operations. ASI's systems simulate physical operations, hours, days, and weeks ahead, so the people running air traffic control, the electric grid, and military operations can catch problems early and act before they spread. ASI is powering vital infrastructure for customers like United Airlines, National Grid, the Federal Aviation Administration, Delta Air Lines and the Department of War. ASI is headquartered in Boston with offices in Washington, DC, Denver, and Europe, and is backed by leading investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Citadel Securities, and Spark Capital.

### What You Will Do

As a staff engineer, you will lead the most complex and high impact technical challenges in our Defense unit. You will architect new solutions and mentor other software engineers. You will define what engineering excellence looks like.

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### What We Value

Strong software development skills, specifically in Python, Rust, JavaScript, Typescript.

Experience w/ building infrastructure in AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform.

Proficient in leveraging modern LLM tools to accelerate development workflows and enhance code quality.

Experience working with time-series and geospatial data.

Talent and experience to lead.

Ability to travel.

Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance is required.

Flexibility to adjust to changing business priorities.

### How We Hire

We look at the interview process not as a screening or test, but rather as an opportunity to simulate what it would look like working together. We build the interview process around you

ASI works with export controlled technology and restricted U.S. Government data, including on contracts mandating U.S. immigration status and location restrictions for performing personnel. Employment offers are contingent on ability to timely obtain all required authorizations for contemplated job duties.

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