Northwood Space Corp

Lead Software Engineer (Cloud)

Torrance, CA

Work authorization required$174k-$218kDetected 5 days ago

GoHaskellDistributed SystemsAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDAPI DevelopmentCommunicationMentoring

About the role

If you like solving complex challenges and seeing your work deployed around the world with real impact, Northwood is the place to do it.
Northwood's backend organization is split across three domains: Cloud, Ground, and Data.
The Cloud team is responsible for all of Northwood's cloud services, the orchestration of our global ground station network, and the data plane responsible for routing gigabits to terabits per second of data across the world.

Lead the Cloud team: set technical direction, mentor engineers, drive execution, and own delivery of Northwood's cloud services end to end
Design and develop Northwood's cloud-based booking and reservation system for global antenna network access
Build and maintain customer-facing APIs and portals for everything from scheduling and booking to automated network rerouting
Design and operate the control plane, dataplane and telemetry delivery path, ensuring seamless integration across on-premises and cloud environments
Develop billing and metering systems that accurately track resource usage and generate invoices
Drive the design and implementation of a comprehensive monitoring solution to ensure continuous platform uptime
Collaborate with the Ground and Data teams, site operations, and network operations to build a truly resilient global network
3+ years building and scaling cloud-based services and APIs in production environments
Experience leading engineering teams or projects as a tech lead, with a track record of mentoring engineers and driving technical direction

6+ years of professional software development experience
Experience with distributed scheduling systems, resource allocation, or booking platforms
Proficiency in modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)

Experience with one or more of the following languages:
Rust, Golang, Haskell, etc.
Open to other languages suitable for cloud services and distributed systems
Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues
Experience with high-throughput data delivery, streaming pipelines, or telemetry systems
Familiarity with billing systems, usage tracking, or subscription management
Understanding of simulation and modeling (satellite propagation, etc.)
Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines

Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company bringing the benefits of space to the masses through advanced communications technology.
Cloud, Ground, and Data.

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience.
Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at Northwood.
You may also be eligible for equity in the form of stock options or other long-term incentives, as well as potential performance bonuses.

Implement sophisticated workflows that provide strong guarantees to our customers and make the most out of every site we deploy across the world
Work with customers on defining secure and scalable interfaces for Telemetry, Tracking, and Control (TT&C) and payload data transfer, putting simplicity and extensibility first
If you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.

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