Muon Space Verified
Aerospace, Climate Tech, Satellite Technology, Data Analytics
Software Engineer (Ground Software)
San Jose, California, United StatesOnsiteFull Time$156,000–$186,000 /yrPosted 9 days agoVisa sponsorship available
Role summary
Muon is seeking a Software Engineer (Back-end) to join their Ground Software team. This role involves building cloud infrastructure, web services, and applications for mission planning, control, and ground station integrations. The engineer will be responsible for the full software lifecycle, from implementation to production support. Key responsibilities include designing cloud architecture, managing infrastructure using tools like Kubernetes and AWS Lambda, integrating spacecraft data with Kafka and InfluxDB, and building APIs for ground station networks. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience in Python for web development, cloud-native development with major providers, and strong Linux fundamentals.
- Muon is looking for a Software Engineer (Back-end) to join our Ground Software team
- The ideal candidate is a self-motivated and versatile software engineer who is excited to build our cloud infrastructure, web services and applications like mission planning & control software, ground station integrations, and tools to gain insight into Earth’s complex systems
- Our team broadly owns all the software that enables us to communicate with the satellite, as well as customer APIs that enable multi-satellite planning and scheduling
- We are fully responsible for the software we build through its full lifecycle; from implementing deployable applications, managing the infrastructure they run on, and supporting them running in production
- Build a world class Mission Planning & Control System in the cloud, using tools like Docker and FastAPI
- Participate in designing our cloud architecture: choosing which technologies we will use, how we will organize the system, and when we should build systems in-house vs buy them off the shelf, to maximize the impact of our team
- Manage the infrastructure we will use to deploy our cloud applications, using tools like Kubernetes, Helm, and AWS Lambda
- Build the spacecraft-to-cloud data integration: processing and archiving the command history and telemetry, using tools like Kafka, InfluxDB, and Grafana
- Build the APIs and tooling to integrate our cloud with remote antenna ground station networks
- Architect systems to achieve low latency and fault tolerance
- Deploy infrastructure and tools to workstations, on-premises data centers, and cloud environments
### Benefits
- 100% health, dental, and vision coverage for employees; 50% coverage for dependents (Concierge Medical offered through One Medical where available)
- Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers
- Generous time off policy
- 401(k) plan through Betterment and equity management through Carta
- Fully stocked kitchen at our HQ and we cater lunch 3 days per week
- Dog-friendly office- Strong programming experience in Python for web development
- Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new opportunities each week
- 4+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience with cloud-native software development in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) using containers
- We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t check all the boxes, and we look forward to reviewing your application!
- Experience smoothly deploying continuously evolving data services to customers
- Strong Linux fundamentals and comfortable with Linux development and deployment environment
- Have a passion for simple architectures and clean APIs
- Experience managing CI/CD in cloud-based development, staging, and production environments
- IT and Information security (authentication, encryption)
- Experience with the AWS / Govcloud ecosystem
