Zipline

As individual contributor you get strong ownership of your design and you will be working on something that matters, from beginning to end. Zipline really is working on the forefront of innovation, the engineering work is challenging and very rewarding.

It's nice to work on a technology and product that is a net positive. Zipline really does help save lives delivering blood and medication. Though it also delivers sandwiches from Walmart, It's nice to work for company that also helps save lives on top of trying to make a profit.

• High expectations form the get-go and pretty trigger happy if those expectations aren't met.
• Expect to be asked (or feel compelled by guilt/culture) to work long hours and weekends kinda often.

You can't have the expectations of a team to work like a 30 person company while implementing processes of a 1,000 person company.

You must accept the realities of manufacturing lead times and have an appreciation for the time it takes to scale development.