Back-End Engineer

Backend Engineer — Python

Base salary: $120,000–$180,000 plus equity

Locations: Denver, CO;
Seattle, WA;
San Francisco, CA;
or Washington, DC

Working arrangement: Flexible hybrid schedule, generally two days per week onsite

Eligibility: Candidates must be U.S. citizens and have active clearance.

Aerospace or satellite experience is not required. If you can build reliable, production-grade software, the space side can be taught.

I’m partnering with a fast-growing space technology company that is transforming how satellites are operated through modern, cloud-native software.

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to help build the foundational systems behind a platform used to manage and automate satellite operations. This is a hands-on backend software engineering role focused primarily on Python.

You’ll join a small, high-impact engineering team building scalable software used by real customers and supporting live satellite missions. You’ll have broad ownership across the backend while collaborating with dedicated platform, frontend, command-and-control and aerospace-operations teams.

What you’ll be doing

- Developing production-grade backend applications and services, primarily in Python

- Designing, building and maintaining scalable APIs

- Building reliable, performant software used in live customer environments

- Working across multiple backend services and projects

- Deploying and troubleshooting applications in Kubernetes-based environments

- Supporting software deployed in AWS and on-premises customer environments

- Collaborating closely with platform engineers while maintaining a clear focus on backend development

- Contributing to software architecture and technical decisions

- Improving the scalability, resilience, maintainability and performance of the platform

What we’re looking for

- Strong professional Python backend engineering experience

- Approximately three or more years of backend or full-stack software development experience;
exceptional candidates with fewer years may still be considered

- Experience building and supporting production software used by real customers

- Experience designing, developing and troubleshooting APIs

- Experience working with Kubernetes or within a Kubernetes-centric environment

- General cloud and container experience

- Experience building scalable, reliable and performant systems

- Ability to work across different backend services rather than one narrowly defined component

- Strong problem-solving skills, initiative and the ability to work without significant hand-holding

- High standards for software quality, resilience and maintainability

- Comfort working within a smaller, fast-moving engineering organization

Nice to have

- Experience within a SaaS, growth-stage or Series A–C technology company

- Experience with distributed systems or microservices

- Experience using open-source technologies

- Familiarity with software deployed in both cloud and on-premises environments

- TypeScript, JavaScript or limited frontend experience

- Experience with C++, Java, Rust or another lower-level language

This is an opportunity to bring modern backend engineering practices into the space industry while working on software that directly supports real-world satellite operations.

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