Software Engineer (Civil Aviation)

Boston, US. Posted 6 months ago

The role

You will design and build a backend system for the Civil Aviation team. The role involves ingesting disparate data streams to create an authoritative view of the world and projecting states forward in time for optimization.

What you will do

Design and build a backend system for U.S. air travel.
Ingest disparate, noisy, and potentially conflicting data streams from radar, flight plans, weather systems, and operator inputs.
Resolve data streams into a single, authoritative view of the world.
Project system states forward in time to enable optimization.
Build systems that degrade gracefully when inputs are incomplete or wrong.

Required qualifications

Experience building production-grade backend or distributed systems.
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language.
Experience with data integration, data storage, data processing, and data modeling systems.
Experience with AWS and cloud-native architectures.
Ability to work in complex, multi-system environments with evolving data models.
Strong collaboration skills and comfort working across teams in a mission-critical environment.
Proficient in leveraging modern LLM tools to accelerate development workflows and enhance code quality.

Nice to have

Exposure to high-availability systems (e.g., “four nines” reliability)
Domain experience in aviation, mapping, geospatial systems, or any field where the physical world is the source of truth and data is always an approximation of it

Before you apply

ASI works with export-controlled technology and restricted U.S. Government data.
Contracts mandate 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.

About the company

ASI is a frontier AI company that orchestrates critical infrastructure and defense assets. The company is headquartered in Boston with offices in Washington, DC, Denver, and Europe.