Staff Full Stack Software Engineer - Health Care Platform

About Zipline 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. About You and The Role Zipline’s Nest Applications Software team builds and manages the fulfillment, maintenance and flight systems that power our operations in Africa.

We are responsible for the software that manages medical inventory, order processing, and flight coordination for automated delivery at scale. Our work spans internal platforms that streamline supply chain, and financial workflows, as well as external-facing applications that allow customers to place and track orders. By connecting every corner of the business through software, we ensure Zipline can operate efficiently, intelligently, and globally.

What You'Ll Do

Deep dive into your users’ problems to simplify operational workflows which enable the business to move efficiently Architect simple, modular, flexible software systems that evolve with fast changing business needs. Lead backend and frontend development of major projects across all aspects of a modern tech stack. Establish strong automated testing practices across unit, integration, and system layers.

Improve reliability, observability, and operational robustness of production systems. Systematize AI-assisted workflows across development, testing, and operations. Maintain clear engineering patterns, code quality standards, and review discipline.

Mentor junior engineers through direct coaching, pairing, and design reviews. Increase team throughput by reducing friction, simplifying architecture, and eliminating waste. What You'll Bring 8+ years building and operating production-grade distributed systems.

Deep experience developing full stack software using Python, Go, or a similar object-oriented language. Frontend experience using React or similar Javascript frameworks. Experience architecting distributed and event-driven systems using Kafka or similar technologies.

Database modeling and performance tuning experience with Postgres. Demonstrated history of designing systems that are simple, flexible, and resilient. Proven implementation of comprehensive automated testing strategies.

Experience driving architectural decisions in fast-changing environments. Track record of mentoring and growing junior engineers. Nice to Haves Experience building modern fulfillment, logistics, or warehouse systems.

Willingness to spend significant time in Kigali, Rwanda, via travel or relocation. Production experience with Kubernetes and AWS.