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What this role is
Design and operate the backend services, APIs, and automation that fly Elveo's satellite constellation from the ground. This role suits someone who wants to write production Python microservices in a domain where their code has measurable real-world impact, and who enjoys working across software, networking, and hardware systems.
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Skills this role names
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Ansible
- FastAPI
- GitLab CI/CD
- Linux
- MQTT
- Packer
- PostgreSQL
- Python
- React
- REST APIs
- Rust
- Terraform
- TypeScript
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What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of professional software development experience in production services, APIs, or applications, primarily in Python
- Experience owning and operating a service or system in production
- Experience designing and consuming REST APIs
- Experience working with relational databases
- Modern development practices: version control, code review, automated testing, CI/CD
- Strong working knowledge of Linux environments
- Working knowledge of networking concepts: TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls
- Ability to troubleshoot systems spanning software, networks, and hardware
- Strong documentation habits including architecture documentation and technical decision records
- Interest in satellite operations, ground systems, mission operations, telecommunications, or space systems
- ITAR eligibility: U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain necessary Department of State authorizations
Nice to have
- Experience building event-driven or message-based distributed systems: MQTT, Kafka, SQS/SNS, or similar
- Experience with AWS services and cloud-native architecture: API Gateway, Cognito, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudWatch
- Experience with FastAPI or similar Python web frameworks
- Frontend experience with React or Vue
- Infrastructure as code experience: Terraform, Ansible, hybrid cloud and on-prem environments
- Observability tooling experience: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, ELK/OpenSearch
- Experience with Rust
- Experience with satellite ground systems, mission operations software, RF ground equipment, or telemetry systems
- Experience supporting high-availability operational systems or working in a startup, satellite/telecom operator, or mission operations environment