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$173,800
Listed on LeoLabs’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
LeoLabs is hiring a senior engineer to develop and optimize software systems for their global radar network that tracks objects in low Earth orbit. This role suits someone with 7+ years building distributed systems and real-time data processing software, who wants to tackle national security and space operations challenges.
Our summary, not LeoLabs’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field
- 7+ years professional software engineering experience
- Strong programming in Python, C++, or similar languages
- Experience designing distributed systems, APIs, and data-intensive applications
- Linux-based development experience
- Software testing and CI/CD pipeline familiarity
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain U.S. Personnel Security Clearance
Nice to have
- Radar systems, RF systems, or signal processing experience
- U.S. Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, or Space Force program support
- Bare-metal systems experience
- Constrained compute environments experience
- Large-scale telemetry, tracking, or real-time data processing systems experience
- Active U.S. Secret or Top Secret Personnel Security Clearance
- Classified programs and secure computing environments experience