Staff Software Engineer

Learn existing systems by improving them, not by watching from the sidelines

Fix bugs, tighten rough edges, and ship small enhancements to production

Participate in deployments, debugging, and operational workflows

Use AI tools from the start to understand the codebase and accelerate contributions

Ask questions, propose improvements, and engage in technical decisions

Own meaningful areas of our stack across backend, frontend, and infrastructure

Salary $150,000 - $180,000 per year

Stock Options

Medical, Vision and Dental

Unlimited Vacation Days

Cell Phone Bill Stipend

Urban Sky is required to post this salary range per Colorado law. Your salary will be determined based on your abilities and experience.

You'll help design, build, deploy, and operate the software that runs Urban Sky's manufacturing operation—a full-stack MRP system that tracks inventory, work orders, bills of materials, quality holds, and serialized parts from receiving through final integration.

It's the operational backbone of how we actually build balloons.

Because the company is growing quickly, the scope of the role will evolve over time, and you'll have meaningful influence over what we build next and how we build it.

You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the people using the software every day—manufacturing technicians, logistics coordinators, quality inspectors, and finance.

There's no product manager between you and them.

Translating messy physical processes into clean software is most of the job.

Learning quickly and adjusting course as new information emerges

Technologies (not a checklist)

We currently work with technologies such as:

TypeScript / JavaScript

React, Vite, Mantine UI

tRPC for API contracts

Urban Sky is a venture-backed aerospace startup that pioneers utilization of the stratosphere and reimagines the way humans view and analyze the earth. We design, build, operate, and sell stratospheric balloon systems, and the data we collect supports a wide range of applications, from real-time wildfire monitoring to urban mapping. Our technology is also employed by government customers including the Department of Defense (DoD), NASA, and others. Urban Sky sends flight vehicles to the stratosphere on a weekly basis.

Our team consists of engineers, makers, developers, and doers who believe in the power of human potential when passion meets utility within a small, supportive team. At Urban Sky we strive to create a team culture grounded in candor, inclusion, respect and empowerment.

We aim to build the next chapter of stratospheric history in Denver and are seeking self-starting, open-minded, and hard-working team members.