Loft Orbital Solutions

Loft Orbital Solutions

Backend Engineer - Oort

San Francisco, CA

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$190kDetected 20 days ago
PythonReactDjangoBackend DevelopmentAWSGCPCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesCI/CDAPI DevelopmentGraphQLExcelCypressPlaywrightJestpytestResearchCollaboration

About the role

  • Practical experience using Docker for containerization and deployment in scalable environments.
  • You thrive on dissecting intricate business and technical processes, mapping them end‑to‑end-highlighting friction points and opportunities for unique solutions.
  • You excel in team environments, communicate complex ideas with clarity, and advocate for seamless collaboration between engineering, operations, and business functions.

Responsibilities

  • seek user feedback, identify friction in both backend workflows and UI/UX, and deliver solutions that meaningfully reduce complexity for the people and teams building and operating space infrastructure.
  • Build, and operate features across backend services that collect, manage, and surface critical infrastructure data for the full Loft mission lifecycle.
  • Design and implement APIs and integrations that connect tooling and data across teams and systems.
  • Partner with program management, satellite engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to analyze and understand mission design, program, and business processes-and translate them into intuitive, reliable software.
  • Experience in the design, modeling, or analysis of space missions, with an understanding of mission lifecycle complexities.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated proficiency in Python for backend engineering.
  • Proficiency with Django and GraphQL, and familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g., GCP/AWS, Kubernetes).
  • Familiarity with testing tools across the stack (e.g., PyTest, Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress ) and strong CI/CD practices.

Skills

  • Wanna join the adventure?
  • Space Made Simple.
  • As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.

Compensation

  • $140k-$190k

Company info

  • Loft: Space Made Simple.
  • Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit.
  • We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loft's flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.
  • With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure.
  • We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more.
  • Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months.
  • With more than 30 missions flown, Loft's flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.
  • At Loft, we value respectful debate and people who aren't afraid to challenge assumptions.
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