Staff Engineer (Defense)

About Air Space Intelligence

ASI's mission-critical technology powers decision-making across aviation, defense, energy, and other critical infrastructure domains. Backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, and Renegade Partners, ASI delivers operational decision superiority—compressing days of analysis into seconds of action. ASI is leading the way and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

What You Will Do:

As a staff engineer, you will lead the most complex and high impact technical challenges in our Defense unit. You will architect new solutions and mentor other software engineers. You will define what engineering excellence looks like.

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What We Value:

• Strong software development skills, specifically in Python, Rust, JavaScript, Typescript.

• Experience w/ building infrastructure in AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform.

• Proficient in leveraging modern LLM tools to accelerate development workflows and enhance code quality.

• Experience working with time-series and geospatial data.

• Talent and experience to lead.

• Ability to travel.

• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance is required.

• Flexibility to adjust to changing business priorities.

How We Hire:

We look at the interview process not as a screening or test, but rather as an opportunity to simulate what it would look like working together. We build the interview process around you

ASI works with export controlled technology and restricted U.S. Government data, including on contracts mandating U.S. immigration status and location restrictions for performing personnel. Employment offers are contingent on ability to timely obtain all required authorizations for contemplated job duties.

Compensation (from employer):
$260K – $355K • ASI is dedicated to maintaining fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range provided for this role reflects the minimum and maximum cash compensation targets for candidates across all U.S. locations and levels of expertise/experience. Additionally, all employees receive generous equity packages and have access to a comprehensive benefits offering. Actual compensation packages are determined based on relevant skills, experience, education and training. For more information, connect with the recruiting team or Hiring Manager during the process as they can provide more detailed information about the salary range based on the applicant’s position level and location within the overall range.