Backend Engineer, Satellite Ops & Cockpit

Loft Orbital; Occitanie; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Paid time off up to 35 days (vacations

Health and life insurance

Lunch vouchers

Cross-office travel San Francisco, CO,

Company off-sites

Relocation assistance to Toulouse

Job summary

Loft Orbital is seeking a Backend Engineer to join our Mission Operations Services (MOS) team. You will design and build backend tools powering passes, autopilots, activities, and day-to-day satellite operations.

You will write production Python code, handle commands and telemetry across satellite buses with emphasis on safety, robustness, and observability, and collaborate with flight software, embedded systems, and space infrastructure teams to integrate satellite buses into Cockpit.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of backend software engineering experience in production environments.
• Solid Python development experience in a production environment.
• Experience with Docker and container-based development.
• Hands-on experience with backend web development frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, FastAPI, etc.).
• Proven API design skills (designing, documenting, and maintaining HTTP/GraphQL REST-style APIs).

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend tools for operations: services that power passes, autopilots, activities, and day-to-day satellite operations.
• Handle commands and telemetry across multiple satellite buses and ground segment providers, with a strong focus on safety, robustness, and observability.
• Write production backend code in Python, owning services end-to-end from design and implementation through deployment and maintenance.
• Collaborate with flight software, embedded software, integration and test, and space infrastructure teams to integrate new satellite buses and capabilities into Cockpit.
• Support internal users of Cockpit by improving APIs, workflows, and debugging tools.
• Have the opportunity to take part in spacecraft operations through SatDevOps rotations, occasionally helping investigate anomalies and supporting real-time incident response when needed.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Docker

Web frameworks (Django/Flask/FastAPI)

API design

Tools

Git

Job description

Loft Orbital is seeking a Backend Engineer to join our Mission Operations Services (MOS) team. You will design and build backend tools powering passes, autopilots, activities, and day-to-day satellite operations.

You will write production Python code, handle commands and telemetry across satellite buses with emphasis on safety, robustness, and observability, and collaborate with flight software, embedded systems, and space infrastructure teams to integrate satellite buses into Cockpit.