AutoPylot

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AutoPylot is one of the largest, most trusted FAA-approved mission-planning platforms for drone pilots. Pilots rely on us every day to plan and execute safe, efficient missions, and our user base is growing fast. Now we're looking for a Technical Co-Founder to help us scale our SaaS platform, expand our technical capabilities, and build the next generation of tools for drone operators and developers. We're a small, venture-backed company building in one of the fastest-growing categories in aviation. We're past the idea stage, past the MVP stage, and firmly in the real users, real traction, real revenue stage. Now we're looking for a Technical Co-Founder to help shape the next chapter of AutoPylot, scaling our SaaS platform, strengthening our infrastructure, and finding new ways to power the future of drone operations. This is a true co-founder role. You'll have an authentic voice, absolute ownership, and a massive impact on the product and the company. What You'll Be Doing • Take ownership of AutoPylot's technical direction and platform architecture • Build and improve our backend, frontend, infrastructure, and API layers as we scale • Make the system faster, more reliable, and ready for significantly higher usage • Work directly with the founding team to shape features, workflows, and new product ideas • Ship quickly, iterate based on user feedback, and continuously improve the experience • Establish engineering best practices as we scale the team • Help hire and mentor future engineers (as the team grows) • Stay hands-on: this is still a builder role, not just leadership What We're Looking For • Strong engineering skills (full-stack or backend-leaning preferred) • Experience building and launching real, user-facing products • Someone who thrives in "figure it out and ship it" environments • Comfortable working with cloud infra, APIs, scaling systems, and high-availability products • Collaborative, reliable, and low-ego, as we move fast as a team • Bonus: experience with automation tools, AI, or developer platforms Why You Might Love This • FAA-approved product with real traction and a fast-growing user base • Immediate impact: your work will be in our users' hands quickly • High ownership and real influence on the product, technical, and overall company direction • A friendly, scrappy team that moves quickly and supports each other • Meaningful co-founder equity and upside • Join at the perfect moment: beyond MVP, before the major scale-up • You get to build in one of the most exciting industries on the planet as drones and aviation are growing fast, evolving fast, and full of unsolved problems • If you’ve ever wanted to shape the future of how drones operate, this is your chance; you’ll be building the tools pilots, team and enterprises rely on every day What It's Really Like to Work Here We're building something big, and big things don't get built at half-speed. So if you're looking for comfort, this is the wrong place. But if you want to help develop an industry-defining platform with people who are fully committed to the same mission, you'll feel right at home.