Senior Software Engineer, Ground Station Platform
Muon Space3 days ago
Base Salary
$213k - $237k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and evolve scalable, resilient, reliable, and high-performance platform systems.
- Work across the stack and cross-functionally to deliver end-to-end platform capabilities.
- Contribute to architectural decisions shaping the long-term direction of core systems.
- Identify and resolve production bottlenecks, performance issues, and systemic risks.
- Translate business and product needs into technical solutions with cross-functional partners.
- Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and knowledge sharing.
- Own features from concept through deployment and ongoing operation.
Requirements
- A BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience in production environments.
- Strong proficiency in Python, C++, or Rust.
- Experience with distributed systems, backend services, or platform development.
- Experience building and operating mission-critical services with uptime, reliability, and performance requirements.
- Knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure, including containers, service orchestration, and observability stacks.
- Strong debugging, profiling, and code optimization skills.
- Experience mentoring junior engineers or leading medium to large technical initiatives.
- Familiarity with real-time data processing pipelines or high-throughput systems is desirable.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, or automated deployment workflows is desirable.
- Open-source contributions or technical writing and knowledge-sharing experience are desirable.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring three days per week onsite at the San Jose, CA office.
- Equity compensation.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401k retirement plan.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance and life insurance.
- Three weeks of paid vacation for new employees.
- 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and paid parental leave.
- The position is subject to U.S. export-control eligibility requirements under ITAR/EAR regulations.
About Muon Space
Muon Space designs, builds, and operates low Earth orbit satellite constellations and a software stack that deliver Earth intelligence and in-orbit compute for government, defense, and commercial users. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the privately held company sells spacecraft, payload integration, and data services. It runs a San Jose production facility capable of building up to 500 satellites in the 100–500+ kg class annually and has acquired propulsion startup Starlight Engines.