Software Engineer – Mission Control Software
The Exploration Company18 hours ago
Munich, GermanyMid Level
Responsibilities
- Develop robust software for testing and mission operations.
- Contribute across the full software development lifecycle from design to deployment.
- Build scalable distributed systems supporting expanding mission activities.
- Collaborate with testing, engineering, and operations teams to meet operational needs.
- Write performant, maintainable, and well-documented code.
- Ensure reliability through automated testing and operational validation.
- Support users and improve development workflows and tooling.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the engineering culture.
Requirements
- Experience with backend development using Python and/or Ruby on Rails.
- Frontend experience with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React or Vue.js.
- Familiarity with object-oriented programming, design principles, and software design patterns.
- Experience with message brokers or event streaming systems such as Redis Streams or Kafka.
- Experience building real-time data processing and ingestion systems.
- Familiarity with object storage such as MinIO or AWS S3.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git and automated testing frameworks.
- Ability to design, build, and maintain scalable distributed systems.
- Understanding of engineering best practices and agile software development environments.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, attention-to-detail, and quality-management skills.
- Preferred experience with relational or time-series databases, AWS or Azure, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience in the space industry or other safety-critical domains is a bonus qualification.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance is provided for candidates willing to relocate, including visa sponsorship where applicable.
- The company offers an open, collaborative, fast-paced, and mission-driven work environment.
- Employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of a background check where applicable.
Tech Stack
About The Exploration Company
The Exploration Company designs and builds Nyx, a reusable cargo spacecraft for in‑orbit transportation and Earth return, selling mission services to commercial and institutional customers. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Gauting, Bavaria, the privately held company focuses on logistics to and from low Earth orbit and beyond. It flew a reentry technology demonstrator on Ariane 6’s inaugural launch in 2024 as a step toward operational missions.