Sr. Software Engineer
DroneBase
Mountain View, CA · $210k–$225k a year · Posted October 29, 2026
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About the job
*This role requires someone to already live in the SF area and work from our Mountain View office 2x/week*
About Us : Zeitview is the leading intelligent aerial imaging company for high-value infrastructure, providing businesses with actionable, real-time insights to recover revenue, reduce risk and improve build quality. We serve customers in the solar, wind, insurance, construction, real estate, and critical infrastructure industries. Trusted by the largest enterprises in the world, Zeitview is active in over 70 countries. Our mission is to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure through advanced inspection solutions. Take a look at our latest achievements here !
About the Role : As a Senior Full Stack Engineer you will be responsible for designing and building core features of Zeitview’s Insights platform that powers all of our business verticals on a common, unified technology stack. In this role, you will develop and scale frontend and backend services, optimize performance of shared components. Collaborate with product and platform teams to deliver AI-first products and services that enable seamless insights for customers across wind, solar, telecom, utilities, and property assets.
Responsibilities :
Architect, build and scale frontend and backend systems.
Build products and systems from initial exploration through launch readiness.
Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of learning and experimentation.
Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, and Operations to deliver high-impact features.
Own problems end-to-end, and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done.
Actively learn & employ AI based Agentic coding tools to accelerate development.
Qualifications :
Demonstrated mastery of agentic development — you delegate meaningful work to coding agents end to end, have opinions about context and specification quality, and can point to workflows others adopted
6+ years of professional software development experience, preferably a full stack engineer with specialization in the backend Java/Spring based tech stack.
Experience with AWS (e.g., EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, API Gateway) and cloud-native architectures.
Strong proficiency in PostgreSQL (schema design, indexing, optimization).
Proven ability to build and scale RESTful APIs and microservices.
Have front end development experience on React and other modern Java script frameworks
Understanding of event driven architecture (ActiveMQ, Kafka or similar).
Experience with NoSQL production databases (Elasticsearch or similar)
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and modern DevOps practices.
Strong familiarity with GeoSpatial technologies, PostGIS, Vector, Raster Tiling, DeckGL
Day-to-Day Tools/Technical Environment :
The selected individual is expected to operate in a fast-paced Agile environment, working across a modern and diverse tech stack. Below is a list of tools, technologies, and platforms that define the day-to-day workflow. IDEs: IntelliJ, Visual Studio Code
Version Control: GitHub
AI-Dev: Copilot, Claude
Cloud Infra: AWS S3, AWS Lambda, Terraform
Databases: PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch
Schema Management: Flyway
Observability: Sentry, Kibana
Project & Knowledge Management: JIRA, Confluence
Messaging: ActiveMQ, Kafka
Geospatia: GDAL, PostGIS, Vector tile servers
APIs: GraphQL
Auth: Auth0
What's Included:
Feel great about your work as you join a leading mission-driven intelligent aerial imaging company — our goal is to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure, and you personally will play a large part in making this happen
Competitive salary, annual bonus and equity
Your choice of multiple medical insurance plans, including options with an HSA and 100% coverage of the premium for yourself and your dependents
100% paid dental and vision insurance
Unlimited PTO: We mean it when we say we prioritize work-life balance and mental health
Autonomy and upward mobility
Diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture: a place where your voice matters
This role has a base salary range of $210,000- $225,000 USD, plus a target annual bonus and eligibility for stock options. Actual compensation may vary based on experience and skills.
Zeitview is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Zeitview, we believe in cultivating an environment where our team members can bring their authentic, whole selves to work. Encouraging identity and belonging is one of the many aspects of our culture that makes us stronger as an organization and drives innovation. We are committed to building and delivering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workforce that includes age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion or veteran status, that is representative of the world around us, where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity — and to act swiftly if this value is ever threatened. We are constantly striving to be better, and we continue to take strategic steps to advance representation.
We also provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and for seriously held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.