# Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

**Company:** [Icarus](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/icarus)
**Location:** El Segundo, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $120k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, Rust, React, TypeScript, APIs, Databases, Distributed Systems
**Posted:** 2026-02-09

> Builds and owns end-to-end full-stack software systems powering flight operations, autonomy, telemetry, and operator interfaces for solar-powered high-altitude aircraft. Requires 2+ years full-stack production experience with strong Python/Go/Rust backends and React/TypeScript frontends.

## Job Description

## What you’ll do
- Build and own end-to-end software systems that power flight operations, autonomy, and user interaction
- Develop mission-critical backend services for telemetry, command and control, data ingestion, and analytics
- Build clean, fast frontends for ground control, monitoring, and operator workflows
- Design APIs and data pipelines that connect aircraft, ground stations, and users
- Work closely with embedded, avionics, GNC, RF, and operations teams to ship tightly integrated systems
- Support flight test, field ops, and rapid iteration using real flight data
- Take systems from concept to production with speed and ownership

## What we’re looking for
- 2+ years building real full-stack software in production
- **Strong backend experience** (**Python**, **Go**, **Rust**, or similar)
- **Strong frontend experience** (**React**, **TypeScript**, or similar)
- Experience designing **APIs**, **databases**, and **distributed systems**
- Comfort working close to hardware, real-time systems, or operational data
- Ability to move fast, own outcomes, and debug under pressure

## Compensation
**US salary range**: $120,000 - $220,000 USD (base salary; highly competitive equity grants included)

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