Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Archer is a leader in the next-gen aerospace sector building an end-to-end advanced air mobility platform that delivers air taxis, unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”), aviation-related physical artificial intelligence (“AI”) solutions, and other technologies to customers worldwide across the commercial aerospace and defense sectors.

Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.

Archer is best known for Midnight, our electric aircraft. This role isn't on that program. The AI Products Org builds consumer software for the general aviation industry. There's a lot we're not ready to talk about publicly yet, so this posting stays vague on purpose. What we can say: the products are real, they ship, and people use them every day.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll build and maintain systems that servie as a critical link between physical hardware and backend services. You may write software that runs on embedded devices one day and scalable cloud services the next, requiring both breadth across systems and the ability to dive deep when needed.

What You’ll Do

Design, build, and maintain software systems that span edge devices and cloud infrastructure

Develop and support software running on Raspberry Pi and similar embedded environments

Build scalable backend services using Python on AWS

Ensure reliable data flow and system integration between hardware and cloud services

Monitor system performance and troubleshoot production issues across hardware and software boundaries

Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following engineering best practices

Adapt to changing priorities by contributing across software development, infrastructure, and hardware testing as needed

What You Need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

Strong proficiency in Python

Experience building or managing applications on AWS

Proven problem-solving skills and the ability to debug complex, cross-disciplinary systems

Bonus Qualifications

Experience with edge computing or embedded systems (Raspberry Pi, GPIO, Sensors)

Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform

Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases

Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker

Willingness to learn and work with additional languages or frameworks as needed (i.e. Rust)

About The Team:

AI Products is a roughly 100-person software org inside a company of aerospace engineers, and we expect to grow substantially over the next year. You get the resources and momentum of a real org, but the products themselves are early. If you want to hear more about what we're building before you apply, you can't. Apply, and we'll tell you plenty.

Please note that this job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position and does not include an exhaustive list of responsibilities and qualifications

At Archer we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company’s business strategy. For this position we are targeting a base pay between $145,000.00 - $180,000.00. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer’s People Team at people@archer.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.