Senior Software Engineer (Order and Delivery)

About the role

Umbra is an American space technology company delivering advanced systems, from sensors to spacecraft, that empower customers worldwide with unmatched access to critical information from space. Our mission is to redefine space—for people, systems, and missions in every domain. Umbra's ecosystem operates through three business units: Remote Sensing (the data), Space Systems (the components), and Mission Solutions (the platforms). Together, our teams develop capabilities that deliver persistent access, resilient performance, and mission-ready solutions, advancing U.S. space leadership while keeping the world safe and informed.

We are actively seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Order & Delivery team. In this role you will be a key contributor to our dynamic public-facing software application and robust API services, working closely with product owners and various engineering teams to analyze, develop, and maintain sophisticated software solutions that empower clients to efficiently task and receive our SAR data products. Collaboration ensures we meet and exceed client expectations through high-quality, reliable software development.

This position is available to work from our Santa Barbara/Goleta, CA office, Arlington, VA office, or Reston, VA office (coming soon).

Responsibilities

• Translate product goals into technical plans.
• Partner with Product and Design to turn customer needs into scoped, testable deliverables with clear acceptance criteria and measurable outcomes.
• Define and refine technical product strategy; work with Architecture, Design, Product and Support teams to build, launch, and maintain new products and product updates.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including operations and platform engineering, to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Build, test, document and maintain customer-facing APIs and web workflows from order through tasking and delivery.
• Provide ongoing leadership and mentoring for team members, including code reviews, technical coaching, goal setting, and progress tracking.
• Participate in on-call rotations and ensure system uptime and performance goals are met.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of professional experience developing highly available web services with server-side scripting languages, preferably Python.
• 10+ years of experience designing, developing, and testing intuitive and well-documented commercial RESTful APIs and commercial web applications (preferably in NodeJS and React).
• Knowledge of basic cybersecurity principles and application of relevant security measures in everyday work.
• 2+ years of professional experience developing automated build and test pipelines in a CI/CD lifecycle.
• Demonstrated foundational understanding of software architecture, event-driven microservices, interface design, and automated testing patterns.
• Experience with database-backed applications and relational database concepts, preferably Postgres.
• Working knowledge of version control (such as Git), cloud infrastructure and security (AWS preferred), IAC (such as OpenTofu/Terraform), containers (Kubernetes/Docker preferred), and CI/CD.

Desired Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional experience developing highly available web services with server-side scripting languages, preferably Python.
• Experience working with Product Teams or directly with customers in order to shape and prioritize a technical/development roadmap.
• A fundamental understanding of UI/UX design principles.
• Experience working in the space industry.
• Experience building custom GIS applications, STAC, or other imagery catalog APIs.
• Good communication skills, ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, and willingness to learn new skills and technology.

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off, Sick, Family & Medical Leave
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, LTD, STD (employer funded)
• Vol Life, Critical Illness, Accidental, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance (employee funded)
• 401k with 3% non-elective company contribution
• Stock Options
• Free Parking
• Free lunch in office daily

Pay

The Compensation Range for this role is $180,000 – $220,000 DOE.