# Senior Software Engineer, Backend

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

- **Id**: 1040702
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/archer-aviation-senior-software-engineer-backend-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Jose, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2025-10-19T20:51:09Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T00:24:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 387
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5265
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Aircraft Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 6898
- **Name**: Archer Aviation
- **Domain**: archer.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/archer>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 74
- **Ghost share**: 0.081
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0.014
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 99
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 145000
- **Max**: 180000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 180000

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ghost
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Flags**: stale, company_stale
- **Days open**: 386

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-18T18:58:49Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-23T20:03:04Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-04T21:02:49Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 70; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 91; Filings 12m: 91

## Liveness

- **Score**: 8
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.3
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 386
- **Expected fill days**: 99
- **Reasons**: conf:3, ghost, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 180000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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