Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products.
Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.
Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.
We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people’s lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.
- Build sophisticated data triage and exploration interfaces that enable users to filter, analyze, and investigate data across millions of records
- Design and develop web front-end visualization tools for Zipline's data pipelines, enabling high-quality analysis to solve critical autonomy problems
- Build scalable and performant backend APIs and realtime data pipelines to support complex querying, filtering, and aggregation across large datasets
- Design and implement efficient database schemas, indexes, and query optimization strategies to ensure performant search and analysis at scale
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams to understand workflows and deliver tools that improve operational efficiency and data-driven decision making
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- Demonstrated experience building production-grade full stack web applications
- Proven ability to work closely with internal customers and deliver software end-to-end in order to address diverse needs
- Strong experience with data-heavy web applications and performance optimization for large datasetsUnderstanding of database query optimization and working with complex JSON/nested data structures
- Strong user-centered design thinking - ability to iterate with users and translate complex technical requirements into intuitive UX
- Expertise in modern front-end (Typescript, React, Zustand, Storybook, Playwright)
- Experience with backend frameworks for API design (Django, Flask, FastAPI)
- Working knowledge of cloud databases (e.g. AWS RDS, DocumentDB)
Zipline South San Francisco, California, USA Office
South San Francisco, CA, United States
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