10 months ago
Redmond, WA, USAEntry Level
Base Salary
$120k - $145k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop highly reliable and available software systems for low-latency, high-capacity orbital data centers.
- Design and implement fault-tolerant software systems that operate at scale with minimal maintenance.
- Write efficient, high-quality code for embedded systems and custom hardware.
- Integrate software with hardware components and collaborate with hardware and firmware engineers to optimize performance and troubleshoot issues.
- Create and execute test plans for simulations and on-orbit testing.
- Use automated testing and continuous integration tools to maintain code quality and support robust deployment.
- Build and maintain infrastructure for software development, testing, and deployment.
- Develop monitoring and analysis tools to track system performance and drive reliability improvements.
- Own the software lifecycle from development through testing and support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or a related field, or 2+ years of professional software development experience.
- Proficiency in C, C++, Python, or similar programming languages.
- Experience across the full software development lifecycle, including design, coding, testing, and deployment.
- A master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline is preferred.
- 3+ years of professional software development experience, particularly in aerospace, space, or data processing industries, is preferred.
- Expertise in networking protocols including UDP and TCP/IP is preferred.
- Strong debugging, performance optimization, and unit testing skills are preferred.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills are preferred.
- Must meet U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or applicable U.S. export authorization requirements.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package with potential stock options, discretionary bonuses, and other long-term incentives.
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
- Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave.
- Requires willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed for critical project milestones.
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or eligible for authorization under U.S. export regulations.
About Starcloud
Starcloud builds space-based data centers that deliver AI and high‑performance computing, using abundant solar energy and radiative cooling to run power‑intensive workloads. The company plans to sell compute capacity from orbit to commercial and government customers; it has already launched an Nvidia H100 to space. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Starcloud is Y Combinator S24–backed and raised a Series A in 2026.