Senior Autonomy Data Infrastructure and Analytics Software Engineer

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Salary

$168K-$245K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

77% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Staff Plus From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Company

Company stage

Growth-stage From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Senior Autonomy Data Infrastructure and Analytics Software Engineer Santa Cruz, CA, US Company Overview Joby Flight Research designs, develops, and flight-tests novel aircraft using a software-first autonomy approach. We build and deploy autonomy, perception, planning, and radar systems across conventional, electric, and hydrogen-electric aircraft in both CTOL and VTOL configurations. Overview Joby Flight Research is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Data Infrastructure and Analytics to build the data infrastructure and evaluation platform for our Superpilot™ autonomy stack. This position offers a unique opportunity to build the data infrastructure that powers Joby's varied fleet of autonomous aircraft. In this role, you will own the end-to-end data lifecycle, from the moment a flight log leaves our aircraft to the moment it generates safety-critical metrics. You will design robust infrastructure for flight telemetry, sensor, and imagery data, turning raw logs into reliable datasets, metrics, and workflows that support development, validation, and operational insight. Your work will help teams detect regressions, investigate edge cases, and validate safety-critical behavior long before it reaches flight operations. We are a small, high-impact team that values curiosity, technical initiative, and the ability to operate independently. You will collaborate deeply with perception, controls, and flight software engineers to build a foundation that accelerates our path to safe, autonomous flight. The right candidate is a strong software engineer who cares d

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