Senior Software Engineer
$194,700 per year
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$194,700 per year
About the role
- LeoLabsisseekinga highly experienced and technically driven
- SeniorSoftware Engineerto join our cross-functional
- Cloud Softwareteam.in thisrole, you will contribute toa collaborative, high-impact group of engineers building the software that powers real-time decisions for protecting and managing satellites and other objects in low-earth orbit.
- As a Senior
- SoftwareEngineer onourteam, you willdesign and deliver mission-critical softwareandbe akey contributorin ensuring that our system meets our customers' needs. You willdevelop software formultiple systems, helpingthe teamtodeliverreliable, secure, and high-performance solutions.
- TheCloud Software team has responsibility for a wide variety oftechnical domains, includingsoftwarefor: Maintaining orbits and tracking custody on every object in Low-Earth Orbit
- Providinghigh-level insights and analytics for our customers
- Leveraging large volume data pipelines for custom AI/ML model training
- Orchestrating and schedule tasking for our global radar network
- Active US TS/SCI clearanceand experience delivering on mission for DOD/IC customersB.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, withsignificant timebuilding cloud-based systems at scale
- Demonstratedexperiencebuilding, deploying, andoperatingdistributed backend services
- Experience and enthusiasm with using generative AI for software development
- Proficiencyin Python, Go, or a similar language
- Understanding of architecture patterns, service boundaries, message-driven workflows, and API design
- Experience with cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure) and containerized deployments
- Expertisewith relational databases (Postgres/MySQL) and message brokers (Kafka, SQS, or similar)
- Experience withobservabilityandCI/CD practices
- Experiencewith relational databases (Postgres/MySQL) and message brokers (Kafka, SQS, or similar)
- Strongcommunicationskills, with the ability towork with stakeholders across teams
- Willingness toparticipatein on-call rotations for critical systems Preferred Qualifications: Experience building production frontend applications with TypeScript, JavaScript, or comparable modern web technologies
- Experience deploying into US federal systems
- Experiencewith Kubernetesin cloud environments
- Background in Math/Physics, AI/ML, or Orbital Mechanics
- Experienceoperatingin a high-availability or mission-critical environment What Success Looks Like: Within 1 month, you'll: Complete onboarding and gain deep context onLeoLabs' mission and architecture
- Review keysoftwaresystems and operational practices
- Be introduced to our US Federal contract work strategy and how your work contributes to its success
- Contribute initial improvements or fixes thatdemonstrateyour technical approach and engineering standards Within 3 months, you'll: Contribute toconstructive design reviews and actively support teammates
- Own medium-sizedsoftwarefeatures end-to-end with minimal guidance
- Deliver key software features towards the execution of our US Federal contracts Within 6 months, you'll: Participate in key requirements discussions forcomplex features
- Take ownership of major services or system components
- Deliver majorsoftware features for key revenue-generating projects Within 12 months, you'll: Influence strategic technical direction for
- Cloud Software team
- Help blaze the trail for our growing sensororchestration and integration software products
- Be a trustworthyteam memberas our US Federal contract workexpands Compensation
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