Mission Ops Backend Engineer for Satellite Control

Loftorbital; Toulouse; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

35 days PTO

Health & life insurance

Lunch vouchers

Cross-office travel

Off-sites & events

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Loft Orbital is seeking a Backend Engineer to join the Mission Operations Services team. You will design and build backend tools that power passes, autopilots, and day-to-day satellite operations, handling commands and telemetry across multiple buses with a focus on safety and observability.

You will write production Python code, collaborating with flight software, embedded teams, and test groups to integrate new satellite buses into Cockpit, while supporting internal users and improving APIs

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

API design

Tools

Django

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

InfluxDB/TimescaleDB

Job description

Loft Orbital is seeking a Backend Engineer to join the Mission Operations Services team. You will design and build backend tools that power passes, autopilots, and day-to-day satellite operations, handling commands and telemetry across multiple buses with a focus on safety and observability.

You will write production Python code, collaborating with flight software, embedded teams, and test groups to integrate new satellite buses into Cockpit, while supporting internal users and improving APIs