Software Engineer I, Mission Software
About The Position
At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world’s first commercial space station when it launches, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us. Vast is looking for a Software Engineer, Mission Software, reporting to the Manager, Mission Software, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of human-rated space stations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, or other engineering discipline.
Nice To Haves
- 1+ years of academic or internship experience in software development.
- Experience building, shipping, and supporting complex, data-intensive full-stack software applications.
- Experience working on ambiguous problems.
- Containerization experience (Docker and Kubernetes preferred).
- Experience working with multiple programming languages.
- Experience working with time series data and databases.
- Experience with API design.
- Experience with one or more of the following platforms, frameworks, and languages: React, Next.js, Vue or similar, GraphQL, REST, RPC, Node.js, OAuth, Terraform, Helm, SQL, Monitoring, Observability, Instrumentation
Responsibilities
- Work with the team to design and implement web applications using modern frontends and application servers, that consume apis and micro-services in a heterogeneous environment.
- Work with the team to design and implement backends including data modeling, apis, and supporting pipelines.
- Rapidly iterate on tooling and design new applications as the company grows.
- Influence and adopt software practices and patterns that will scale to what will eventually become a very large codebase and team.
Benefits
- company equity
- medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
- generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and up to 10+ days of vacation for non-exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability insurance
- life insurance
- access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- ClassPass credits
- personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health
- other discounts and perks
- snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge
- lunch subsidized
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
