About Us.
DroneSense offers a drone software platform tailored for the unique needs of the public safety market. Our comprehensive solution equips First Responders with a complete tool set that expands situational awareness and acts as a force multiplier. Our mission-critical platform solves the challenges of scale and operational deployment across an entire organization, ultimately leading to more saved lives. Drones are a game-changer for the way First Responders carry out their various missions. DroneSense is here to serve as an integral part of this evolution in public safety.
Our Culture.
We are a founder-led company and our leadership team is made of experienced engineers, pilots, and entrepreneurs. Our core values are central to how we work together as a team, solve problems for our customers and make decisions. We are looking for people who see problems as opportunities, have a growth mindset, and are willing to challenge the status quo. Our team is focused on helping our customers by making their jobs easier through technology. We do this through creative problem solving and rolling up our sleeves to get the job done together. We are trying to build a diverse team and value what each individual brings to the team. We want our team members to have fun, be themselves and feel a sense of belonging at DroneSense.
Primary Responsibilities
- Create and enhance RESTful, WebSocket, and MQTT based APIs using Rust
- Migrate existing APIs from C# to Rust
- Use Rust to integrate with 3rd party cloud services
- Follow and evolve Rust development best practices
- Fly drones to test and validate your API changes and integrations
Requirements
- Must have 4+ years experience with Rust
- At least 5+ years building customer/partner facing APIs
- Experience with some or all of the following: Async Rust, Tokio, Axum, Tungstenite, and WebSockets
- Experience with mTLS, API Keys, or other connection authentication approaches
- Ability to work well within a team but on individual projects
- Excited to work with drones, robotics and first responders
Our Technology
- Rust
- WebSockets
- MySQL
- MQTT
- SignalR
- Protobuf
- GitLab CI
* DroneSense employees full time US citizens who are current residence in one of the 50 contiguous United States. Though our positions are "remote" we do not work with offshore/near shore individuals or contractors to stay in compliance with our client's requirements.
Benefits
-Competitive Base Pay
-Stock Options
-Medical, Dental, and Vision, including a medical plan with 100% employee covered premium
-Company paid Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability
-Medical FSA & Dependent Care Account
-401(k)
-Work from Home
-Paid Flexible Time Off
-Paid Sick Time
-Part 107 Pilot Training & License Paid
Top Skills
DroneSense Austin, Texas, USA Office
2600 Via Fortuna, Austin, TX, United States, 78746
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