Onboard Software Engineer - Deployment & Runtime Environments
Loft Orbital Solutions1 month ago
San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$144k - $198k/yr
Responsibilities
- Contribute to and evolve the bundle management tool that resolves dependencies and assembles mission-specific software stacks.
- Develop and harden onboard Linux infrastructure, including service deployment, execution management, and failure recovery.
- Evolve the Runtime Container Environment, including base images and the container registry service, for partner and customer workloads.
- Scale the deployment pipeline as new hardware platforms and satellite programs are added.
- Contribute to product validation and validate software readiness before orbital deployment.
- Design, implement, and refine software from concept through delivery with a high degree of ownership.
- Participate in code reviews, design proposals, and continuous development-process improvement.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or similar runtimes.
- Deep knowledge of Linux boot processes, service management, filesystem layout, and failure recovery.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as GitLab-CI or Jenkins.
- Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows.
- Experience with embedded or resource-constrained systems.
- Working proficiency with Python.
- Preferred qualifications include OTA deployment experience, golden images, A/B partitions, staged rollouts, safe rollback, C++, CUE, Go, Rust, Yocto, device trees, systemd, Linux on ARM, unit testing frameworks, and middleware frameworks.
Benefits
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance options for employees and dependents.
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts, including an employer HSA contribution.
- Employer-paid life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
- Flexible time off, 12 paid holidays, a 401(k) plan, and equity options.
- Daily catered lunches and snacks in the office.
- International exposure to the team in France.
- Paid parental leave of 14 weeks for birthing parents and 10 weeks for non-birthing parents.
- Fertility and family-forming benefits through Carrot Fertility.
- Off-sites, social events, celebrations, and relocation assistance when applicable.