Software Engineer - Platform

Job Description

SpaceNav is looking for an experienced Platform Software Engineer who is a self-motivated demonstrated team-player. In this role, you’ll play a critical part in designing and implementing cloud-based solutions that power mission critical flight dynamics applications used to support satellite operations. You will also be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our Advanced SSA Platform build & deployment environment. 

As a Platform Software Engineer, you will bring your skills in Python, Rust, SQL, cloud technologies, and service-oriented architecture to build and maintain solutions that optimize flight dynamics workflows and uphold satellite operator standards. Beyond these core contributions, you will take on a central role in defining how software is built and delivered at SpaceNav — architecting CI/CD pipelines, driving automation across AWS, and establishing yourself as the cloud infrastructure expert within the engineering department. This is a practical, hands-on position ideal for an engineer with a systems mindset who thrives at the crossroads of infrastructure and software, where performance, reliability, and automation are paramount.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance applications and services within the Advanced SSA Platform, adhering to systems requirements and Agile methodologies.
• Build and optimize RESTful APIs and enterprise-grade backend solutions with an emphasis on performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket and AWS CDK to automate build, test, and deployment workflows across development and production environments.
• Leverage AWS CDK to implement infrastructure-as-code, enabling repeatable, version-controlled, and auditable infrastructure deployments.
• Participate in code reviews to uphold code quality, maintainability, and adherence to engineering best practices.
• Embed observability and self-healing capabilities into the Advanced SSA Platform, driving operational excellence through metrics, monitoring, and automated recovery mechanisms.
• Implement security controls across CI/CD pipelines, including secrets management, access controls, and vulnerability scanning.
• Produce clear, comprehensive documentation for deployment processes, runbooks, and troubleshooting guides to support operational SLA requirements.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives aimed at reducing deployment friction, accelerating build times, and enhancing developer productivity.
• Collaborate closely with software, flight dynamics, and systems engineers to understand functional needs and deployment requirements.
• Mentor development teams and provide technical guidance on DevOps best practices, cloud-native patterns, and tooling.
• Participate in on-call rotations to support Satellite Operations SLA commitments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
• 5 years of experience as a full-stack engineer building large-scale, distributed web applications.
• Demonstrated experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, Fargate, Firehose, RDS), including deploying and managing production workloads.
• Proficiency using AWS CDK for infrastructure-as-code automation and provisioning.
• Solid expertise in backend development using languages such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Rust.
• Experience building user-facing applications with modern frameworks such as React or Vue.
• Proven ability to design and manage APIs consumed across multiple teams using REST or GraphQL.
• Strong working knowledge of decentralized version control systems such as Git, across platforms like Bitbucket, GitHub, or GitLab.
• Hands-on experience with containerized application development, particularly using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, pytest, Playwright) and test-driven development practices.
• Experience applying security best practices within CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments.
• Strong written communication skills with a demonstrated ability to produce clear, actionable process documentation.
• A pragmatic, growth-oriented mindset — capable of balancing near-term delivery with sound, long-term architectural thinking.

The salary range for this role is $120,000 - $140,000 per year.