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Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Jobright.ai
Long Beach, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/8/2026

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Job Summary:

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The Senior Software Engineer, Backend will design, develop, and lead the creation of core data components for the factory and launch software platform, focusing on automating workflows and enhancing data technologies.


Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and lead the creation of core data components of our factory and launch software platform, including:

• Data technology abstraction and API development.

• Analytics and reporting architectures.

• Data modeling, management, and development.

• Cloud and on-prem application / services / API development.

• You’ll design and create technologies enabling data ingress / egress for the launch vehicle, as well as core factory tools such as our Stargate printers.

• You'll make key tradeoff decisions, mentor junior engineers, build new systems and tooling, and recommend / drive high impact across existing systems.


Qualifications:


Required:

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

• 6 years of experience implementing code level patterns to enable codebases and teams to scale, with 1 years of experience leading data architectures at scale.

• 4 years of experience leveraging an array of data technologies including one or many of the following: InfluxDB, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Kafka, Spark, and more.

• 4 years of experience with at least one of C , Go, Python, C#, or Typescript.

• Familiarity with agile methodologies.

• Familiarity with containerization and deployment technologies like Kubernetes and Docker.


Preferred:

• Experience with AI technologies, including machine learning and related tools or frameworks.

• Demonstrated ability to create scalable architectures across an array of usage patterns and organizations.

• Demonstrated ability to learn, grow and mentor others to drive best practices and/or accelerate development lifecycles.

• Demonstrated ability to plan organizational roadmaps and hiring strategies.

• Familiarity with other modern languages like Go and Rust.


Company:

Relativity Space is an aerospace company that designs, develops, and builds 3D printed rockets. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Long Beach, California, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.

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