Full Stack Developer - Internal Tooling
northwoodspace1 day ago
Washington, DC, USA or Torrance, CA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$140k - $178k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain internal web applications and services supporting build, release, and engineering workflows.
- Build backend APIs and integrations with GitLab, artifact registries, telemetry stores, and internal platform services.
- Own the full lifecycle of internal tools, including requirements gathering, implementation, GitOps deployment, and ongoing support.
- Contribute to shared internal tooling frameworks, component libraries, and engineering standards.
- Instrument tools for observability and traceability.
- Participate in code reviews and cross-team design discussions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 3 years of professional full-stack development experience.
- Proficiency with Python, Rust, or Go for backend services and TypeScript for frontend development.
- Experience building and consuming REST or gRPC APIs and working with relational databases.
- Comfort with containers, Git-based workflows, and CI pipelines.
- Demonstrated experience shipping software to real users and iterating based on feedback.
- Preferred: experience with internal tools or developer platforms for engineering organizations.
- Preferred: familiarity with GitLab APIs, webhook-driven automation, or CI/CD orchestration.
- Preferred: experience with Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, time-series data, or operational dashboards.
- Preferred: exposure to Nix, Kubernetes, and GitOps deployment patterns.
- Preferred: demonstrable proficiency in Rust.
Benefits
- Employment is subject to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including ITAR eligibility requirements.
- Reasonable accommodation is available for employment applications and interviews.
- Northwood Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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About northwoodspace
Northwood Space builds and operates a global network of phased-array ground stations that provide real-time, reliable links to satellites. It serves government and commercial satellite operators supporting national security, connectivity, and disaster response missions, offering ground-network capacity as a service with a vertically integrated hardware and software stack. The privately held company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and focuses on international markets alongside U.S. government and allied space customers.