Constellation Software Engineer, Infrastructure

About the role

We are a small team handling all the software that keeps our entire constellation in the air. Development speed and robustness/security/stability are not mutually exclusive; we value pragmatic decisions, high autonomy, low egos, and a willingness to get your hands muddy in the dirt. This is a 24/7 uptime system and the heartbeat of the company. You will have immediate ownership and the opportunity to proactively drive software solutions with our hardware, operations, and flight control teams.

Responsibilities

• Core infrastructure around manufacturing, launch, flight, internal tools, and data processing.
• Data pipeline integrity — Balloon observations flow from satellite downlinks through processing workers into customer-facing APIs. Ensuring this pipeline is reliable, tamper-evident, and correctly permissioned is as important as making it fast.
• Architecting core infrastructure to support projects requiring clearance.

Requirements

• Built and shipped full-stack applications — fluency and comfort working with Ruby on Rails, Postgres, or ability to quickly and pragmatically learn on the job.
• Responsible for 24/7 uptime systems. You can implement pragmatic best practices forged from real-world, experienced pain of handling such a system. You have the responsibility to handle on-call paired with the lazy engineer’s desire to clean up systems to minimize getting called as much as possible.
• Clear understanding of constraints down to the metal and ability. Ability to structure database and service infrastructure to push low-latency software systems to full limit.

Qualifications

• Desire to work in-person in Redwood Shores, CA with a small team where your decisions have immediate, visible impact.

Skills

• Experience with Ruby on Rails, Postgres, or equivalent full-stack development skills.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance 100% covered
• Unlimited PTO
• Office food and beverages (minimum 2x catered lunches & dinners a week)

Pay

$130k-$180k

Schedule

In person in Redwood Shores, CA