Backend Software Engineer - Mission Planning Strategy
Loft Orbital Solutions2 days ago
Base Salary
$150k - $195k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and improve a software product that manages customer orders across a multi-sensor satellite constellation.
- Design customer-facing interfaces and the backend pipeline from mission planning through onboard execution.
- Build tools and services for understanding satellite capacity, operational risks, and growth opportunities.
- Solve multi-objective optimization problems that balance conflicting customer constraints and maximize collection capacity.
- Design scalable systems of systems with well-bounded services, clear interfaces, and failure-mode considerations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, physics, astrodynamics, mathematics, or a related field.
- At least 2 years of experience designing and developing software libraries and backend services, preferably in Python.
- Proven ability to work independently and solve complex problems.
- Experience with system design.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree, 5+ years of backend software experience, Django/GraphQL proficiency, spacecraft operations experience, C++ and high-performance Python experience, and specialization in optimization, backend/API performance, distributed systems, security, Earth observation tasking, or high-performance computing.
Benefits
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents.
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts, including an employer HSA contribution.
- Employer-paid life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
- Flexible Time Off, 12 paid holidays, a 401(k) plan, and equity options.
- Daily catered lunches and snacks, international team exposure, off-sites, and social events.
- Paid parental leave of 14 weeks for primary caregivers and 10 weeks for secondary caregivers.
- Fertility and family-forming benefits through Carrot Fertility.
- Relocation assistance when applicable.
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.