Senior Software Engineer

Umbra • Reston, VA

5h • Onsite

About The Position

We are actively seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Order & Delivery team who will play a pivotal role as a key contributor to our dynamic public-facing software application and robust API services. In this position, you will work closely alongside product owners and various engineering teams to comprehensively analyze, develop, and maintain the sophisticated software solutions that empower our clients to efficiently task and receive our SAR data products. This collaboration is essential as it ensures that we not only meet but exceed our clients' expectations through high-quality, reliable software development.
Our aim is to hire this position to work in either our Santa Barbara/Goleta, CA office, Arlington, VA office, or Reston, VA office (coming soon).

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of professional experience developing highly available web services with server-side scripting languages, preferably Python.
• 10+ years of experience designing, developing, and testing intuitive and well-documented commercial RESTful APIs and commercial web applications (preferably in NodeJS and React).
• Knowledge of basic Cybersecurity principles and application of relevant security measures in everyday work.
• 2+ years of professional experience developing automated build and test pipelines in a CI/CD lifecycle.
• Demonstrated foundational understanding of software architecture, event-driven microservices, interface design, and automated testing patterns.
• Experience with database-backed applications and relational database concepts, preferably Postgres.
• Working knowledge of version control (such as Git), cloud infrastructure and security (AWS preferred), IAC (such as OpenTofu/Terraform), containers (Kubernetes/Docker preferred), and CI/CD.

Nice To Haves

• 15+ years of professional experience developing highly available web services with server-side scripting languages, preferably Python.
• Experience working with Product Teams or directly with customers in order to shape and prioritize a technical/development roadmap.
• A fundamental understanding of UI/UX design principles.
• Experience working in the space industry.
• Experience building custom GIS applications, STAC, or other imagery catalog APIs.
• Good communication skills, ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, and willingness to learn new skills and technology.

Responsibilities

• Translate product goals into technical plans. Partner with Product and Design to turn customer needs into scoped, testable deliverables with clear acceptance criteria and measurable outcomes.
• Define and refine technical product strategy.
• Work with Architecture, Design, Product and Support teams to build, launch, and maintain new products and product updates.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including operations and platform engineering, to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Build, test, document and maintain customer-facing APIs and web workflows from order through tasking and delivery.
• Provide ongoing leadership and mentoring for team members, including code reviews, technical coaching, goal setting, and progress tracking.
• Participate in on-call rotations and ensure system uptime and performance goals are met.

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off, Sick, Family & Medical Leave
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, LTD, STD (employer funded)
• Vol Life, Critical Illness, Accidental, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance (employee funded)
• 401k with 3% non-elective company contribution
• Stock Options
• Free Parking
• Free lunch in office daily

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior