# Software Engineer (Generalist)

Icarus builds solar-powered stratospheric aircraft and systems. The Software Engineer (Generalist) builds end-to-end software for flight operations, autonomy, and user interaction, including backend services, frontends, APIs, and data pipelines. Responsibilities 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 Skills 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 A

- **Id**: 4323001
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/icarus-software-engineer-generalist-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: El Segundo, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-14T18:52:58Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T18:52:58Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1945
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 3779635
- **Name**: Icarus
- **Domain**: icarus.one
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/icarus-4>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Salary

- **Min**: 100000
- **Max**: 140000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 140000

## Technologies

- **Go** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **React.js** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T21:20:15Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: seen:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T22:56:59Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 140000
- **Is top pay**: no

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