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$143,000
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What this role is
LeoLabs seeks a software engineer to build and maintain the operational software stack for their global radar network, which tracks thousands of objects in low Earth orbit. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working across infrastructure, deployment systems, and real-time processing while supporting critical space domain awareness missions.
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What they ask for
Required
- Strong Python proficiency for services and tooling
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Solid understanding of software testing practices
- REST API design and implementation experience
- Database systems experience (SQL and/or NoSQL)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. personnel security clearance
- Demonstrated experience improving developer experience through test infrastructure, tooling, or deployment automation
Nice to have
- Cloud platform experience
- SRE/DevOps practices
- Linux system administration and performance tuning
- Dashboard and data visualization development
- High-performance or real-time Linux systems tuning (IRQ affinity, CPU isolation, kernel parameters)
- Observability tooling background: structured logging, distributed tracing, alerting