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About Wing:
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 two 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 a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our Ground Systems team. This role will be based in our Palo Alto office (hybrid).
Your initial focus will be with our Uncrewed Air Traffic Management (UTM) team and platform. You will drive the vision for safe, compliant, and highly automated airspace access. In this high-impact role, you will design, build, and scale the critical routing, policy enforcement, and pilot orchestration systems powering Wing’s revolutionary last-mile drone delivery network.
Thriving on systemic complexity, you will leverage deep expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, big data, and production reliability to uncover unseen risks and optimize performance. As a trusted mentor and organizational influencer, you will champion engineering excellence, introduce right-sized rigor, and scale capabilities across the wider Wing engineering community—directly building the future of autonomous logistics.
What You’ll Do:
What You’ll Need:
The 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.
Wing 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 our Candidate Accommodations Request Form.
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The salary range for the Senior Staff Software Engineer position at Wing is USD 328k+/yr.
The Senior Staff Software Engineer position at Wing is based in Palo Alto, California. This is a hybrid position.
The Senior Staff Software Engineer position at Wing is a Full time role.
The Senior Staff Software Engineer position at Wing requires 15+ yrs exp.