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Muonspace

Senior Software Engineer, Ground Software

san jose, CA

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Muonspace lists this Senior Software Engineer, Ground Software opportunity in san jose, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

About the role

Muon is looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Back-end) to join our Ground Software team. The ideal candidate is a self‑motivated and versatile software engineer who is excited to build our cloud infrastructure, web services and applications like mission planning & control software, ground station integrations, and tools to gain insight into Earth’s complex systems. Our team broadly owns all the software that enables us to communicate with the satellite, as well as customer APIs that enable multi‑satellite planning and scheduling. We are fully responsible for the software we build through its full lifecycle; from implementing deployable applications, managing the infrastructure they run on, and supporting them running in production.

Responsibilities

Build a world class Mission Planning & Control System in the cloud, using tools like Docker and FastAPI

Participate in designing our cloud architecture: choosing which technologies we will use, how we will organize the system, and when we should build systems in‑house vs buy them off the shelf, to maximize the impact of our team

Manage the infrastructure we will use to deploy our cloud applications, using tools like Kubernetes, Helm, and AWS Lambda

Build the spacecraft‑to‑cloud data integration: processing and archiving the command history and telemetry, using tools like Kafka, InfluxDB, and Grafana

Build the APIs and tooling to integrate our cloud with remote antenna ground station networks

Architect systems to achieve low latency and fault tolerance

Deploy infrastructure and tools to workstations, on‑premises data centers, and cloud environments

Qualifications

B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience

8+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment

Strong programming experience in Python for web development

Experience with cloud‑native software development in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) using containers

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Excited to work in a fast‑paced environment with new opportunities each week

Nice-to-have Skills

Experience with the AWS / Govcloud ecosystem

Experience managing CI/CD in cloud‑based development, staging, and production environments

Have a passion for simple architectures and clean APIs

Strong Linux fundamentals and comfortable with Linux development and deployment environment

IT and Information security (authentication, encryption)

Experience smoothly deploying continuously evolving data services to customers

Salary

The salary range for this role is $184,000 - $208,000 plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

Benefits

At Muon salary is only part of our total compensation package. In addition to salary, full‑time employees receive equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short & long term disability and life insurance. We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave.

Equal Employment Opportunity / Diversity

We believe in equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We value diversity in the workplace, and that starts with our applicants. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes, and we look forward to reviewing your application! In addition, if you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.

ITAR/EAR Requirements

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. The Company may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.

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Worksite address

san jose, CA, 95199, US

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