Backend Engineer - Mission Operations Services
Loft Orbital Solutions4 months ago
Base Salary
$140k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build backend services for satellite passes, autopilots, activities, and daily operations.
- Handle satellite commands and telemetry across multiple satellite buses and ground segment providers with a focus on safety, robustness, and observability.
- Write production Python backend code and own services from design and implementation through deployment and maintenance.
- Collaborate with flight software, embedded software, integration and test, and space infrastructure teams to integrate satellite buses and capabilities into Cockpit.
- Improve APIs, workflows, and debugging tools for Cockpit operators, test engineers, and solutions engineers.
- Participate in SatDevOps rotations, investigate anomalies, and support real-time incident response when needed.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of relevant backend software engineering experience in production environments.
- Solid production Python development experience.
- Experience with Docker and container-based development.
- Hands-on experience with backend web development frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
- Proven ability to design, document, and maintain HTTP, GraphQL, or REST-style APIs.
- Preferred qualifications include Django or GraphQL experience, database fundamentals with systems such as Postgres or time-series databases, production Kubernetes exposure, familiarity with InfluxDB or TimescaleDB, and experience with mission-critical, distributed, or real-time systems.
Benefits
- SatDevOps training and rotations provide opportunities to participate in spacecraft operations, investigate anomalies, and support real-time missions.
- The company operates across offices in San Francisco, California; Golden, Colorado; and Toulouse, France.
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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.