engineering
Posted Aug 28, 2025Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Platform)
at Astranis
San Francisco, United StatesOn-site
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Responsibilities
- Design and build high-performance, reliable, mission-critical software that is used to send commands to space
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to define software requirements, architectures, and designs
- Mentor teammates, share knowledge, and help raise the technical bar Requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- Strong proficiency in Python •
- Experience with distributed systems and microservice architectures •
- Experience and understanding of databases (Postgres, etc) •
- Experience and understanding of pub/sub and streaming systems (RabbitMQ, Flink, etc)
- Experience with Kubernetes •
- Experience introducing metrics and monitoring to increase system stability
- Proficiency in C++, Go, Rust •
Experience
- 6+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
Benefits
- With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts.
- Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs.
- Track record of delivering high-impact features and improvements in a collaborative environment Bonus •
- Experience building fleet management systems What we offer: All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits.
- Base pay is just one component of Astranis’s total rewards package.
- Your compensation also includes a significant equity package via incentive stock options, high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.