Software Engineer (Seattle)

Software Development Engineer

Seattle, Washington

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement major components of the system
• Work with aerospace architects, program managers, and other team members to gather and refine requirements
• Work with software architects and constellation engineers to define satellite maintenance and control
• Conduct design reviews
• Be responsible for all aspects of the system – no responsibility silos
• Write test plans and unit tests. Coordinate with testers on complex integration tests
• Ensure that all components communicate and interoperate reliably
• Help choose which technologies/frameworks are used for internal applications
• Work with outside contractors and partners to ensure that APIs meet our needs
• Work with integration testers to develop test plans that ensure adequate testing of units and the complete system
• Work with DevOps on automated deployment and monitoring

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience delivering and maintaining commercial software in a production environment; familiarity with agile methodologies, software development and release life cycles, source control and change management. More senior candidates highly encouraged to apply.
• Demonstrated ability to work across the team, skill sets, and company to drive features to completion
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision
• Minimum of Bachelors of Science in CS, CE, Engineering, EE, Physics or Math or equivalent work experience
• Space industry experience not required. Expert software development skills are.
• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder only). This requirement cannot be waived.

Desired Skills:

• Modern Python on Linux experience (Can substitute earlier Python, cloud, C++ or Java experience)
• Familiarity with Docker
• Familiarity with open source
• DevOps experience
• Enterprise-level monitoring and alerting experience
• Time series data and database experience
• Familiarity with automated code review processes