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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Boulder💼 Full-time💰 $130,000–$130,000🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop and enhance satellite-side applications focusing on file transfer to and from nanosatellites and their payloads.

Role type

Senior backend software engineer (satellite systems)

Builds

High-level operating system and file transfer layer for spacecraft

Domain

Aerospace / Satellite communications

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Python, Rust, Linux development, Cloud Computing (AWS), IaC, CI/CD pipelines, version control, systems-level thinking, distributed systems design, observability, fault-tolerance, API design, documentation

Preferred skills

NIST/FAR regulatory frameworks, cybersecurity principles (Wiz), L3-L7 networking, Bash scripting, AI development tooling

Responsibilities

Design and implement next-generation file transfer architecture, ensure security standards, enhance observability and fault-tolerance, perform ground-based testing and in-orbit verification, coordinate with systems engineering and product teams, create system architecture documentation, implement observability solutions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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