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Senior Software Engineer in USA

  • LeoLabs, Inc.
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Washington, DC

Responsibilities

  • Develop full-stack software for critical software initiatives, particularly those supporting Department of Defense and Intelligence Community contracts.
  • Build and operate distributed backend services, cloud systems, APIs, data pipelines, and radar task orchestration capabilities.
  • Translate stakeholder and customer needs into engineering requirements and participate in design and requirements discussions.
  • Ensure reliability, observability, security, and performance across production systems.
  • Own critical systems and services through the full development lifecycle, including operation, monitoring, and on-call support.
  • Use generative AI to improve software quality and security and influence the Cloud Software team's technical direction.

Requirements

  • Active U.S. TS/SCI clearance and experience delivering missions for Department of Defense or Intelligence Community customers.
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience building cloud-based systems at scale.
  • Demonstrated experience building, deploying, and operating distributed backend services.
  • Proficiency in Python, Go, or a similar programming language.
  • Understanding of architecture patterns, service boundaries, message-driven workflows, and API design.
  • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud environments and containerized deployments.
  • Expertise with relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL and message brokers such as Kafka or SQS.
  • Experience with observability and CI/CD practices and willingness to participate in on-call rotations.
  • Preferred qualifications include TypeScript or JavaScript frontend experience, Kubernetes experience, U.S. federal systems deployment, AI/ML or orbital mechanics background, and experience in high-availability or mission-critical environments.
  • Must be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State ITAR authorizations.

Benefits

  • Remote position for candidates located in the Washington, DC metro area, with periodic SCIF access required.
  • Flexible remote/hybrid opportunities.
  • Unlimited paid time off for most roles.
  • Competitive salary and equity packages.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Opportunity to work on complex space operations, defense, and national security missions.

Salary: $186k - $186k/yr

LeoLabs, Inc.

LeoLabs, Inc. provides real-time space situational awareness solutions that enable safe and efficient access to orbit for governments and commercial operators. By combining advanced radar technology with machine learning, the company tracks and predicts the trajectories of thousands of space obje...

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