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title: 'Lead Backend Engineer at Aerovy'
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# Lead Backend Engineer at Aerovy

- **Company:** Aerovy
- **Location:** Seattle, WA
- **Compensation:** $180k–$250k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/aerovy/51ab2d1e-e1fe-4b1e-9c59-2ecf525fc820

## Job description

Job Summary As a lead software engineer at Aerovy, you’ll lead architect and deliver core components of our cloud platform, serving real-time applications across energy, IoT, telematics, and AI. You’ll work on a modular extensible system that powers everything from EV fleets and battery platforms to electric aircraft and robotics. This is a hands-on, full-stack opportunity where you’ll own features end-to-end, from concept to launch, and work closely with a nimble, high-caliber team. If you're excited about building high performance production systems, solving hard problems at scale, and shipping real value in a fast-moving environment, we’d love to talk.

Job Requirements:

- Bachelor or Master of Science in Computer Science or related fields with 5 or more years of industry experience
- Passion for finding and solving hard problems
- Passion for learning and growing both technically and non-technically
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, micro-service architectures, RESTful APIs, and event-driven systems
- Extensive experience in Cloud/IaaC Infrastructure and Tooling preferably AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, AWS Batch, DynamoDB, CloudFormation/CDK, etc.)
- Excellent communication skills and proven ability to convey complex ideas to diverse stakeholders in a concise and clear manner
- Designed, developed and maintained high-performance services and software infrastructure using AWS or equivalent cloud services
- Lead technical design and architecture discussions across multiple systems and teams
- Championed engineering best practices, including CI/CD, monitoring, testing, and code quality
- We are looking for a candidate with a proven track record shipping production systems to lead the development of a scalable, secure, and high-performance platform

Nice to haves:

- Production experience in Cloud/IaaC Infrastructure and Tooling preferably AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, CloudFormation/CDK, etc.)
- Production experience in Docker/containerized applications
- Production experience with near real-time/real-time analytics, time series databases
- Production experience with MQTT

## Responsibilities

- You will play a key role in architecting solutions, mentoring engineers, and driving technical excellence across our cloud-native platforms.
- You will be expected to function independently and proactively.
- You will be routinely given requirements and be accountable to drive delivery end-to-end.
- You will be expected to derive clear actionable engineering requirements from customer requirements, market data, and product strategy.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver business-critical features and services
- Provide mentorship and guidance to junior and mid-level engineers
- Own the reliability, scalability, maintainability, and performance of critical production systems
- Contribute to the long-term technical vision and roadmap of our platform aligned with product strategy and business needs

## About Us

Aerovy is a fast-paced startup building the digital infrastructure for the next generation of intelligent hardware. We help OEMs rapidly launch cloud-native software and services, turning physical systems into smart, connected platforms. We started by electrifying airports. Now, we’re helping companies across aviation, mobility, and industrial sectors connect their hardware, orchestrate energy, and unlock new business models. The Aerovy Story

- Founded in 2022 to develop infrastructure for advanced air mobility
- Spun out from Purdue University Aerospace Systems Engineering research
- Backed by M25, Mudita, Flywheel Fund, Purdue Ventures, Quorum Venture Partners, Plug and Play, Knoll Ventures + more
- Crossing 200k devices on the platform, growing fast!

Additional Notes

- This is an in person role in Seattle with hybrid opportunities available on a case-by-case basis, offering flexibility while ensuring close collaboration with product, engineering, and business stakeholders.

## About Aerovy

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Aerovy provides an AI-native operating platform that enables hardware OEMs to launch connected services, automate service operations, and grow recurring revenue.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Pre-Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Nick Gunady (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Industrial IoT, Enterprise Software, AI, Manufacturing Technology
- **Target customers**: B2B — industrial and mobility OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) that need to connect their hardware with software services
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To turn connected hardware into a software business — branded apps, autonomous service, recurring revenue — in weeks not years.

## Products & Services
- **Aerovy AI-Native Operating Platform**: A unified data fabric that ingests machine telemetry, enterprise data (ERP, CRM, dealer networks), and operational signals. The platform includes three layers:
  - **Observe**: Analyze patterns, predict outcomes, and determine appropriate actions across connected systems.
  - **Reason**: Detect signals, diagnose faults, enrich with enterprise context, and trigger automated workflows.
  - **Act**: Execute service, warranty, parts, inventory, and dispatch operations end-to-end.
- **Warranty Module**: Automated claims, root-cause documentation, and dispute reduction to end warranty leakage.
- **Parts & Inventory Module**: Predictive inventory management that follows fleet behavior.
- **Aftermarket & Service Module**: Predictive demand, automated dispatch, and dealer enablement.
- **R&D Module**: Real fleet behavior data to inform product development cycles.
- **White-Label Solution**: OEMs can brand the platform as their own, delivering a consistent software experience to their customers.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $940,000 (Pre-Seed rounds led by M25, Purdue Foundry, and Purdue Innovates Incubator)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: M25 (lead investor), Purdue Foundry, Purdue Innovates Incubator, accepted into Plug and Play accelerator in Seattle
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Revenue grew from $227,000 (2024) to projected $1.1 million (2025)
  - Headcount of 7 employees with +42.9% monthly growth rate
  - Achieved SOC 2 Type I, SOC 2 Type II, and ISO 27001 compliance (Feb 2026)
  - LinkedIn followers: 671 (+9.6% monthly)
  - Featured in Indianapolis Business Journal "Startups to Watch" 2025

## Competitive Advantages
- **Purpose-built for OEMs**: Designed specifically for hardware companies that need to ship companion software — avoids the 18–36 month, multi-million dollar in-house build cycles typical in the industry.
- **AI-native architecture**: Built from the ground up with AI agents, not bolted on later.
- **Unified data fabric**: Connects machine telemetry with enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, dealer networks) that are typically siloed.
- **Proven IP**: Technology based on research by founder Nick Gunady at Purdue University, with a licensed patent.
- **Security-first**: SOC 2 Type I, Type II, and ISO 27001 certified.
- **White-label capability**: OEMs can brand the platform as their own, preserving their customer relationship.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expansion beyond advanced air mobility**: Originally focused on electric aircraft energy management, the company has pivoted to serve any hardware OEM needing companion software.
- **Accelerator growth**: Leveraging the Plug and Play accelerator in Seattle to scale.
- **Revenue acceleration**: Targeting 384% revenue growth from 2024 to 2025.
- **OEM adoption**: Building partnerships with leading OEMs across industrial and mobility sectors.
- **Talent acquisition**: Actively hiring for backend and platform engineering roles.

## Why Work Here
- **Early-stage impact**: Join a team of 7 where your work directly shapes the product and company direction.
- **Cutting-edge tech stack**: Work on AI-native platform architecture, IoT data pipelines, and enterprise integrations.
- **High-growth trajectory**: Revenue doubling year-over-year with strong investor backing.
- **Flexible culture**: Remote-friendly with headquarters in West Lafayette, Indiana (Purdue University ecosystem).
- **Meaningful mission**: Help hardware companies compete in a software-driven world — turning machines into service businesses.
- **Open roles**: Currently hiring Platform Engineer and Lead Software Engineer (Backend) [jobs.ashbyhq.com/aerovy](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/aerovy).
- **Notable perks**: Early-stage equity potential, direct access to leadership, and opportunity to work with leading OEMs.

## Sources
1. [aerovy.com](https://www.aerovy.com/)
2. [Indianapolis Business Journal](https://www.ibj.com/articles/2025-innovation-issue-startups-to-watch-aerovy)
3. [LinkedIn - Aerovy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aerovy-ai)
4. [Jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/aerovy)

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