Senior Software Engineer - TeraWave Core Network Services
About The Position
At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! Blue Origin is pioneering the future of space-based communications with TeraWave, a revolutionary satellite communications network designed to deliver symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 Tbps anywhere on Earth. This multi-orbit constellation will consist of optically interconnected satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO), providing enterprise-grade connectivity for critical operations worldwide. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to architect and build the PoP Control-Plane Network Services—the software layer that manages, routes, and controls a dynamic mesh network of satellite customer terminals in real-time. You will be a founding member of our next-generation PoP infrastructure team working on the Control Plane that orchestrates end to end connectivity across the entire network. Your work will ensure that customers maintain a highly available satellite connection between all their different end points as you build the "distributed brain" of a space-based ISP.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience.
- Expert-level proficiency in C++, Rust, or Go.
- Deep experience with consensus algorithms (Raft, Paxos), distributed caching, and message brokers (Kafka, gRPC).
Nice To Haves
- Extensive experience designing and deploying microservices architectures within containerized environments using Kubernetes (EKS/AKS or bare-metal).
- Proven track record with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) and service discovery mechanisms in highly dynamic, multi-region environments.
- Expert knowledge of distributed system patterns including circuit breakers, retries with exponential backoff, and bulkhead isolation to ensure "five-nines" availability.
- Experience building reactive, asynchronous systems using event-sourcing or CQRS patterns to manage high-velocity network state changes.
- Familiarity with high-cardinality monitoring and tracing (e.g., Prometheus, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry) to debug complex distributed interactions across orbital and ground segments.
Responsibilities
- Architect the Control Plane: Design and implement highly available, low-latency control plane services using microservices patterns to handle subscriber provisioning and session management.
- Distributed Systems at Scale: Build and maintain stateful distributed services that operate across terrestrial data centers and orbital nodes.
- High-Throughput Database Design: Develop and optimize database schemas (SQL, NoSQL, and Time-Series) to track billions of telemetry points.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
- Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
- Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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