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.
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Archer's Product Lifecycle Engineering (PLE) team builds and runs the engineering systems that help define Archer products. As Senior Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack, you will own one or more of Archer's internally developed engineering applications: systems of record that engineering teams rely on to manage critical, configuration-controlled technical data across product releases. You will develop the application, run it as a production service, and support the engineers across several disciplines who depend on it every day.
What You'll Do:- Develop, maintain, and extend one or more C#/.NET (ASP.NET Core) Blazor web applications with a layered Domain/Application/Infrastructure architecture and a schema-driven data model
- Own the full development lifecycle - feature development, bug fixes, code review, testing, release, and technical documentation
- Build and maintain importers and exporters for data, including SysML (Cameo) model ingestion, CAN DBC import, and ICD report generation
- Administer your applications as production services: deployment, monitoring, backups, upgrades, user access, and protected-branch policies
- Own the CI/CD pipeline and the application's Git-based configuration control model: branching, tagging, merges, and release/hotfix workflows
- Create/maintain integrations with other enterprise tools such as Jira, Cameo, Polarion and coordinate ICD data flow from the MBSE model to downstream avionics software, hardware, and integration test consumers
- Triage and resolve user-reported issues and data-integrity problems, with heightened availability around ICD release and hotfix windows
- Partner with Systems Engineering to translate ICD change requests into correct, traceable tool updates
- Produce user documentation, release notes, training, and operational runbooks for the user community
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including production-grade C#/.NET (ASP.NET Core) development
- Experience with Blazor or a comparable modern component-based web UI framework
- Comfort working in a layered / Domain-Driven Design architecture and evolving a schema-driven domain model
- Solid Python scripting for data import, processing, and automation
- Hands-on experience with Docker-based build and deployment
- Deep Git proficiency: branching, merging, tagging, protected branches, pull-request and release workflows (Bitbucket)
- Experience maintaining and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines (Bitbucket Pipelines and/or TeamCity)
- Ability to independently own a mission-critical internal application from feature development through production operations, and to communicate clearly with a technical engineering user base
- Hands-on experience using Claude Code (or comparable AI coding agents) to generate, refactor, test, and document production code.
- Working knowledge of avionics data buses (ARINC 429, ARINC 664/AFDX, ARINC 717, CAN, RS-422, analog, discrete) and Interface Control Document concepts
- Aerospace or regulated-industry experience, including configuration management and change-control discipline
- Experience with MBSE/SysML tooling (Cameo) and model-based interface definitions
- JSON/structured schema design and validation for interface data
- Experience building plugin/extension architectures or application authentication/SSO integration
- Comfort with AI-assisted development workflows
At Archer, we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent with the skills and leadership needed to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company’s strategy. For this position, we are targeting a base pay range of $210,000 - $255,000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by 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 [email protected]. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Production-grade C#/.NET and ASP.NET Core development experience
- Experience with Blazor or a comparable modern component-based web UI framework
- Experience with layered or Domain-Driven Design architecture and schema-driven domain models
- Solid Python scripting for data import, processing, and automation
- Hands-on experience with Docker-based build and deployment
- Deep Git proficiency, including branching, merging, tagging, protected branches, pull requests, and release workflows
- Experience maintaining and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket Pipelines and/or TeamCity
- Ability to independently own a mission-critical internal application from feature development through production operations
- Experience communicating clearly with a technical engineering user base
- Hands-on experience using Claude Code or comparable AI coding agents for production code
- Working knowledge of avionics data buses and Interface Control Document concepts
- Aerospace or regulated-industry experience with configuration management and change-control discipline
- Experience with MBSE/SysML tooling, including Cameo
- JSON or structured schema design and validation for interface data
- Experience building plugin or extension architectures, or application authentication/SSO integrations
- Comfort with AI-assisted development workflows
Archer Aviation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Archer Aviation and has not been reviewed or approved by Archer Aviation.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision, alongside HSA/FSA options and an Employee Assistance Program, forming a comprehensive base. Wellness activities and company-sponsored outings are additionally referenced.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes generous PTO, paid sick days, and paid holidays, with unlimited PTO noted for exempt employees. This breadth provides above-average flexibility for a hardware-focused environment.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Ownership opportunities include company equity, performance bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a purchase discount. Equity is used to keep packages competitive in high-demand roles, creating meaningful upside potential.
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What We Do
Archer is an aerospace company building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft focused on improving mobility in cities. The company's mission is to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. Archer is designing, manufacturing, and operating a fully electric aircraft that can carry four passengers for 60 miles at speeds of up to 150mph while producing minimal noise. Archer's team is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
