Ground Software Engineer - Core
About The Position
Loft Orbital is hiring a Software Engineer for its Core team within Ground Platform. The team develops core capabilities that support Loft’s ground platform, improve development workflows, and ensure platform reliability. The role builds shared services and tools for software teams across Loft, including backend services, workflow automation, AI tooling, and platform infrastructure, with a focus on observability and reliability. The engineer may also participate in spacecraft operations through SatDevOps rotations, helping investigate anomalies and support real-time incident response when needed. The position evaluates and implements technologies and software patterns that can be used across Loft’s software stack, and leads the creation and evolution of AI tooling for development, code review, and spacecraft anomaly investigation. It develops central ground-platform capabilities and takes responsibility for platform infrastructure reliability and performance. The role collaborates with software engineers and satellite operators across the company to support consistent, maintainable, and performant software solutions.
Requirements
- Solid backend software development experience.
- Hands-on knowledge of deployment and Infrastructure as Code.
- Ability to define and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience working with Kubernetes.
Nice To Haves
- Python development, particularly with Django.
- Knowledge of GraphQL and Graphene.
- Experience with message queues and streaming technologies such as NATS.
- Knowledge of DevOps and observability tools such as Helm, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Loki.
- Familiarity with AI tooling.
- Frontend development with Vue and Web Components.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate and implement new technologies and software patterns that can be propagated across Loft’s software stack.
- Lead the creation and evolution of AI tooling for development, review, and spacecraft anomaly investigation.
- Develop central ground-platform capabilities, including workflow automation, microservice inter-communication, and metrics.
- Take responsibility for the reliability and performance of ground-platform infrastructure, including message queues, CI/CD, and observability.
- Participate in SatDevOps rotations, helping investigate anomalies and support real-time incident response when needed.
- Collaborate with software engineers and satellite operators across the company to foster consistent, maintainable, and performant software solutions.
Benefits
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents.
- Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) accounts, with an employer contribution to the HSA.
- Employer-paid life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
- Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays.
- 401(k) plan and equity options.
- Daily catered lunches and snacks.
- International exposure to the team in France.
- Fully paid parental leave: 14 weeks for a primary caregiver and 10 weeks for a secondary caregiver.
- Carrot Fertility fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support.
- Off-sites, social events, and celebrations.
- Relocation assistance when applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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