Senior Software Engineer – Satellite Data Processing

Lead by example. Design, build, and maintain high-throughput services and APIs that ingest, transform, and serve imagery at scale—so scenes move from capture to analysis-ready products in minutes, not hours.

Own ETL/ELT orchestration. Translate data/algorithm requirements into robust DAGs with Airflow/Prefect/Dagster/Temporal—including sensors, retries/backfills, data quality checks, SLAs, and lineage—so pipelines are observable, idempotent, and easy to operate.

Architect for scale and resilience. Define clear service boundaries and data contracts (OpenAPI/JSON Schema), and evolve services with versioned APIs, safe migrations, and cost-aware designs.

Integrate AI the right way. Wrap models behind stateless inference services, manage artifacts and rollouts (A/B, canary), and ensure gradients of observability (latency, drift, throughput) for quick iteration.

Raise the engineering bar. Drive design and code reviews, enforce testing strategy (unit/integration/e2e), and embed secure-by-default practices (authN/Z, secrets, least privilege).

Mentor and multiply. Coach juniors and interns, lead technical onboarding, and shape hiring needs—so the team scales without losing speed or quality.

Deliver through DevOps. Own Infrastructure as Code with Terraform/Terragrunt, Kubernetes manifests/Helm deployments, and environment promotion (dev, staging, prod).

Partner across functions. Collaborate with the CTO, product, and science teams to translate research and customer needs into scoped roadmaps and ensure on-time deliveries.

Unblock end-to-end delivery. Contribute to internal tools and client UIs in React/TypeScript when needed (e.g., pipeline health dashboards, operator controls).

FastAPI for high-performance Python services (dependency injection, Pydantic models, async endpoints).

Geospatial/satellite domain: GDAL/Rasterio, STAC/PgSTAC, GeoTIFF/COG/NetCDF5, and large imagery pipelines.

Workflow/eventing: Argo Workflows, Kafka/NATS/SQS; data quality & lineage (Great Expectations, OpenLineage).

AI/ML productionization: PyTorch/TensorFlow inference services, model packaging, GPU scheduling, and monitoring.

Performance engineering: vectorized/GPU compute, caching strategies, and cost/perf tuning at scale.

Frontend: React/TypeScript for internal dashboards and operator tools.

This role does not offer sponsorship for employment visas. Candidates must have and maintain unrestricted legal authorization to work in the U.S. now and in the future, without requiring employer-sponsored visa support.

Be part of a pioneering company at the forefront of space technology.

Work on challenging and impactful projects that have real-world applications.

Collaborate with a team of brilliant and passionate engineers and scientists.

Competitive salary and benefits package.

Opportunity for professional growth and development in a rapidly expanding industry.

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