Full-Stack Software Engineer

Epic Aircraft is hiring a Full-Stack Software Engineer for its IT team. The role builds and maintains web-based software, integrations, and AI tools that support manufacturing operations, while modernizing legacy applications and maintaining the underlying platform.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain web applications that support and optimize manufacturing operations, from the database to the user interface, while ensuring high performance, quality, and responsiveness

Build, refine, and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and triggers to keep production, inventory, and cost data accurate and the system efficient

Migrate legacy desktop applications and services to the web platform: work out the existing business rules and data flows, then replace them without disrupting production

Build background services and integrations that connect our systems with each other, with shop-floor hardware, and with outside tools

Use AI-assisted development in your daily work, and help build AI tools for the business, such as local LLM and RAG systems built on company documents

Diagnose and resolve technical issues, identify performance bottlenecks, and implement bug fixes to maintain reliable software and services

Maintain the platform our applications run on: servers, containers, networking, security, and databases

Collaborate with teams across the company to gather requirements, analyze feedback, and implement software improvements that deliver effective solutions

Contribute to a small, dynamic team with broad responsibilities, influencing multiple aspects of the company's operations

Preferred

Familiarity with Go is a plus

Manufacturing ERP knowledge: MRP, BOMs, inventory costing, purchasing, and receiving inspection

Aerospace or other regulated manufacturing experience

Experience migrating desktop applications to the web

Mobile- and tablet-friendly web applications, including progressive web apps

Monitoring and observability tools

Document processing and automation

Integration with engineering data systems such as CAD/PDM

Go

Manufacturing ERP

MRP

BOMs

Inventory Costing

Purchasing

Receiving Inspection

Regulated Manufacturing

Aerospace Manufacturing

Desktop-to-Web Migration

Mobile-Friendly Web Applications

Tablet-Friendly Web Applications

Progressive Web Apps

Observability Tools

Document Processing

Document Automation

CAD/PDM Integration

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Ongoing training and advancement opportunities

100% paid Health, Vision, and Dental benefits for employees & 50% for dependents

401k retirement plan with a 3% matching program

Company provided paid time off accrued each year

Seven paid holidays each year

Paid company shutdown between Christmas and New Year's Day

Discretionary year-end bonus program

Performance-based pay increases

Access to the Epic Aircraft Flying Club

Supportive team environment and company-sponsored events

Company

Designer and manufacturer of high-performance single-engine turboprop aircraft.

Bend, Oregon, USA

http://epicaircraft.com/

Founded in 2004

201-500 employees

Qualifications

5+ years of hands-on software development experience, including production systems you built and maintained

BS in Computer Science or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and hands-on experience, demonstrated through professional work or a strong portfolio of projects

Strong back-end development skills: designing clean, maintainable APIs and building the services behind them in Python (FastAPI or similar)

Front-end development with React and TypeScript

Extensive experience with relational SQL databases, ideally across more than one engine: data modeling, complex queries, stored procedures and triggers, transactions and concurrency, and indexing and query tuning

Experience with data processing and reporting: turning production and business data into clear, accurate reports

Hands-on experience with Docker and Docker Compose, and comfort administering Linux and Windows servers

AI-assisted development as part of your daily workflow, used productively and responsibly

Knowledge of local LLMs and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and a strong interest in learning about and building such systems

Experience building background services and integrations that run reliably and unattended: processing work in the background and exchanging data between systems and with third-party services

Experience integrating software with hardware: barcode and QR scanners, label printers, network and serial devices, wireless sensors, and dashboard displays

Solid understanding of networking technologies, APIs, and web services: HTTP, reverse proxies, TLS and internal certificates, and authentication

Experience in database and server administration, ensuring reliable operations and security

Proficiency with Git and GitHub

Ability to read, understand, and safely change long-lived code you didn't write

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including with non-technical users on the shop floor and in the office

Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship

Familiarity with Go is a plus

Manufacturing ERP knowledge: MRP, BOMs, inventory costing, purchasing, and receiving inspection

Aerospace or other regulated manufacturing experience

Experience migrating desktop applications to the web

Mobile- and tablet-friendly web applications, including progressive web apps

Monitoring and observability tools

Document processing and automation

Integration with engineering data systems such as CAD/PDM

Required skills

Python, FastAPI, React, TypeScript, Relational SQL Databases, Docker and Docker Compose, Linux and Windows Server Administration, Local LLMs and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI-Assisted Development, Background Services and System Integrations, Networking HTTP, Networking Reverse Proxies, Networking TLS, Networking Authentication, Git and GitHub

Preferred skills

Familiarity with Go is a plus, Aerospace or other regulated manufacturing experience, Experience migrating desktop applications to the web, Monitoring and observability tools, Document processing and automation, Integration with engineering data systems such as CAD/PDM

Experience

5+ years