Backend Software Engineer - Mission Planning Strategy
Loft Orbital Solutions2 days ago
Toulouse, FranceMid Level
Responsibilities
- Develop and improve a software product that manages customer orders across a multi-sensor satellite constellation.
- Design customer-facing interfaces and the backend pipeline from mission planning through onboard execution.
- Build tools and services for understanding satellite capacity, operational risks, and growth opportunities.
- Solve multi-objective optimization problems balancing conflicting customer constraints.
- Design systems of systems with well-bounded services, clear interfaces, and scalable failure handling.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Physics/Astrodynamics, Mathematics, or a related field.
- At least 2 years of experience designing and developing software libraries and backend services, preferably in Python.
- Proven ability to work independently and solve complex problems.
- Experience with system design.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Preferred qualifications include a relevant master’s degree, 5+ years of backend experience, Django/GraphQL proficiency, spacecraft operations experience, C++ or high-performance Python experience, and expertise in optimization, backend/API performance, distributed systems, security, Earth observation tasking, or high-performance computing.
Benefits
- Equity participation.
- Up to 35 days of paid time off and flexible working hours.
- Health and life insurance.
- Lunch vouchers.
- Cross-office travel opportunities between San Francisco, Colorado, and Toulouse.
- Company and team off-sites and other events.
- Relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable.
About Loft Orbital Solutions
Loft Orbital Solutions builds standardized satellite platforms and delivers end-to-end missions as a service for governments, companies, and research institutions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held firm integrates, launches, and operates spacecraft to deploy Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on‑orbit compute, and national security payloads in months. Loft has flown more than 30 missions, using hardware and software abstraction layers atop commodity satellite buses.