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Loft Orbital

Backend Engineer - Mission Operations Services

Golden, CO$140k–$190kfull timemidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

Loft Orbital is seeking a Backend Engineer for their Mission Operations Services team to develop and enhance backend systems that manage satellite operations. In this hands-on role, you'll collaborate with various teams and utilize your skills in real-time mission debugging and system development.

What you'll do

  • Develop and scale microservices for satellite operations
  • Collaborate with backend and flight software teams
  • Debug live missions and operations
  • Participate in SatDevOps training
  • Build new systems for mission control
  • Work across multiple satellite platforms

What they're looking for

  • Backend development
  • Microservices architecture
  • Collaboration skills
  • Real-time debugging
  • Satellite operation knowledge
  • Software engineering
  • Problem-solving
  • Hands-on experience

Benefits

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Loft Orbital

Loft Orbital builds and operates satellites, developing spacecraft guidance systems, mission software, and payload integration solutions. The company is hiring spacecraft engineers, software engineers, and systems engineers to support satellite operations, attitude control development, and mission deployment.

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Likely interview questions

  • Tell us about a microservice architecture you've designed or worked on. How did you handle communication between services, and what challenges did you face at scale?
  • Describe your experience with real-time monitoring and observability. How would you approach building systems where failures need to be detected and surfaced immediately?
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