Infrastructure Software Engineer Software Engineering Palo Alto, California

Company: Wing Inflatables, Inc.
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: May 31, 2025

Job Description:

Wing offers drone delivery as a safe, fast, and sustainable solution for last mile logistics. Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing, but current delivery methods are inefficient, costly, and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wing's fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. We design, build, and operate our aircraft, and offer drone delivery services on three continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks, offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Google's parent company, Alphabet, and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. If you're ready to do the greatest work of your life, come join us.About the Role:Wing is looking for an Infrastructure Software Engineerto join our Aircraft Infrastructure team. This role will be hybrid based in Palo Alto, CA.Aircraft Infrastructure is part of Wing's Delivery Network team focused on aircraft command and control, lifecycle event automation, and software configuration management. We build highly reliable systems that reduce the amount of human time spent deploying and running our drone delivery network. Our technology is responsible for provisioning aircraft with credentials, software, and data assets. We also run the central state machine that governs aircraft behavior, and a telemetry analysis and alerting system to detect problems in the network and alert humans. Additionally, we build tooling for Wing's developers and flight operations teams to build, test, and deploy high quality software with confidence in a safety critical and regulatory controlled environment.Unlike many software jobs, our technology must run out in the harsh physical world, spanning diverse computer architectures and communicating over high latency, high error, open-Internet connections. A key part of this role is to be flexible and to reason about this hostile landscape, keeping security, scalability, and usability in mind.What You'll Do:

• Implement high quality infrastructure that supports Wing's ever-growing fleet of aircraft, and the people that manage them
• Partner with developers, simulation engineers, and regulatory staff to build software validation, approval, and rollout systems
• Partner with the Wing security team to ensure our aircraft and communication links are secure and therefore safe to fly.
• Improve command and control links for a fleet of autonomous aircraft, improving resource flow around the network and increasing observability and debuggability.
• Write excellent documentation to expand the company's knowledge base, make it easy for client teams to integrate with our products, and support future development within our codebase.What You'll Need:
  • 2+ years professional experience designing and developing software
  • BA/BS in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • Experience with Python or C++, distributed systems architecture, cloud technology, and linux software
  • Passion for infrastructure work, building internal tools to make your coworkers and the business successfulThe US base salary range for this full-time position is the salary range below + bonus + equity + benefits. Wing's salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.Salary Range$152,000 - $177,000 USDWing is an equal opportunity employer and it is Wing's policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. Employment at Wing is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Wing does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.If you have a need that requires accommodation during the interview process due to a disability or special need, please let us know by completing ourCandidate Accommodations Request Form .Apply for this job*indicates a required fieldFirst Name *Last Name *Email *Phone *Location (City) *Resume/CV *Enter manuallyAccepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtfEnter manuallyAccepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtfPreferred Name *Please provide your preferred name if different than your Legal name provided above.LinkedIn ProfileWebsiteHow did you hear about this job?Do you have any relatives or personal relationships working at Wing? If yes, please provide their name(s), department(s) and relationship(s) to you. *Are you a current or former Alphabet employee, intern, temporary worker, contractor, or vendor (including Google, Wing, and all other Alphabet subsidiaries)? If so, please select your most recent Alphabet company affiliation. * Select...Voluntary Self-IdentificationFor government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.As set forth in Wing's Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.Select...Voluntary Self-Identification of DisabilityForm CC-305Page 1 of 1OMB Control Number 1250-0005Expires 04/30/2026Voluntary Self-Identification of DisabilityForm CC-305 Page 1 of 1 OMB Control Number 1250-0005 Expires 04/30/2026
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