Senior Security-Focused Software Engineer

Satellogic; Buenos Aires; On-site; ARS 134,182,160 - 193,818,675; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Argentina seeks a Senior Security Software Engineer to architect and implement secure software for satellite and ground station systems. You will integrate secure development practices into daily coding, define guardrails across the system lifecycle, and work with the team on security-focused features.

You will expand test coverage, improve documentation, and help drive security reviews. Proficiency in Python, embedded software, and GNU/Linux is essential, as is experience with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a relevant field.
• 4+ years of experience architecting and integrating scalable software solutions.
• 3+ years of professional experience developing software in Python.

Responsibilities

• Establish and integrate secure development processes across the engineering team, ensuring security considerations are built into daily coding workflows.
• Define end-to-end security practices and guardrails across the entire system lifecycle, guiding how the team builds software based on attack surface understanding.
• Design, develop and validate security-focused features alongside core flight and ground station software for satellite and ground station systems.
• Enhance and maintain existing software by expanding test coverage, improving documentation, and incorporating security checks into CI/CD pipeline.
• Collaborate with the software development team, contributing to architecture discussions and peer reviews to foster a security-first mindset.
• Provide expert-level support for the satellite operations team.

Skills

Python

Security mindset

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

GNU/Linux

Embedded software development

Applied cryptography

Job description

Responsibilities

• Establish and integrate secure development processes across the engineering team, ensuring security considerations are seamlessly built into daily coding workflows.
• Define end-to-end security practices and guardrails across the entire system lifecycle, using an understanding of the software's attack surface to guide how the team builds software.
• Design, develop and validate security-focused features alongside core flight and ground station software for the satellite and ground station systems.
• Enhance and maintain existing software by expanding test coverage, improving documentation, and incorporating security checks into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Collaborate with the software development team, actively contributing to architecture discussions and participating in peer reviews to foster a security-first mindset.
• Provide expert-level support for the satellite operations team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of experience architecting and integrating scalable software solutions.
• 3+ years of professional experience developing software in Python.
• 2+ years of experience developing embedded software.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing security-focused features within complex software systems.
• Experience with applied cryptography in constrained environments — key management, symmetric/asymmetric encryption, authentication protocols, and certificate handling.
• Experience establishing or integrating secure development processes (such as Secure SDLC frameworks or security guardrails) within an engineering team.
• Proven experience in the full software development life cycle (design, coding, testing, documenting and debugging).
• Proficiency in GNU/Linux for software development.