Vast

Senior Software Engineer, Mission Software

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3 months ago
Long Beach, CA, USASenior

Base Salary

$160k - $227k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement web applications using modern frontends and application servers that consume APIs and microservices in a heterogeneous environment.
  • Design and implement backend systems, including data modeling, APIs, and supporting pipelines.
  • Rapidly iterate on tooling and design new applications as the company grows.
  • Influence and adopt software practices and patterns that scale to a large codebase and engineering team.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, math, or another engineering discipline.
  • At least 6 years of software development or relevant industry experience.
  • Experience building, shipping, and supporting complex, data-intensive full-stack software applications.
  • Experience working on ambiguous problems.
  • Production DevOps experience, with Docker and Kubernetes preferred.
  • Experience working with multiple programming languages, time-series data and databases, CAD software and hardware engineering processes, and API design.
  • Experience with one or more of React, Vue, Next.js, GraphQL, Node.js, OAuth, Terraform, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server.

Benefits

  • Full-time exempt position based in Long Beach, California.
  • Company equity and medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Paid time off, including up to 20+ vacation days for exempt staff, with annual unused-vacation cash-out availability.
  • Paid parental leave and short-term and long-term disability insurance.
  • Life insurance and access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
  • ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health, and other discounts and perks.
  • Free snacks, drip coffee, onsite barista service, cold drinks, and dinner meals, with subsidized lunch.

Tech Stack

DockerGraphQLKubernetesMicrosoft SQL ServerMySQLNext.jsNode.jsPostgreSQLReactTerraformVue.js
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About Vast

1,001-5,000 employees

Vast designs and builds commercial space stations and related space infrastructure for government, commercial, and private customers, enabling microgravity research, manufacturing, and crewed missions. Its roadmap includes the multi‑module Haven Station and a high‑power Vast Satellite product line that leverages station components. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Long Beach, California, the privately held company develops, manufactures, and operates its systems in-house.

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