Neros
Lead, Software Application
$198K–$277K
Torrance, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
About the job
Leads and grows the team building web, desktop, and Android applications and backend services for drone mission planning, system configuration, and flight-data analysis.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop the application and backend team, including hiring, mentorship, and performance management.
- Own application and backend architecture, development, quality, and delivery, including offline operation, services, APIs, data pipelines, identity, and software updates.
- Set engineering and operational standards while staying hands-on with code, reviews, and architecture.
What they ask for
- Hands-on software team leadership covering people management and technical direction.
- Strong application and backend development background, including modern web and cross-platform desktop, services, APIs, data, identity, CI/CD, and observability.
- Experience building offline-capable applications with local-first state and synchronization when connectivity returns.
- Sound judgment on architecture, build-versus-adopt decisions, data modeling, and security trade-offs; able to communicate with leadership and remain hands-on.
Nice to have
- Shipped cross-platform desktop software (Electron or similar), or developed Android applications, particularly device-facing or field tools.
- Defense, industrial, robotics, or field-deployed software experience; data pipelines and analytics; multi-tenant identity/access; or building an app-and-backend team from a small nucleus.
Pay
$198,000 - $277,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Electron, Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, CI/CD
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