Backend Software Engineer - Spacetime UK

Aalyria; London; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading technology firm at the forefront of innovation in laser communications and software-defined networking. As a Backend Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in evolving the Spacetime platform, developing features that will revolutionize communication networks worldwide. This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with talented professionals. If you are passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Embrace the challenge and apply today to be part of an innovative team that values creativity and excellence.

Benefits

Pension

Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)

Life insurance

Paid time off

Qualifications

• Experience with scalable and distributed microservice architectures.
• Strong technical communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to create technical content like documentation and tutorials.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Spacetime platform and APIs using various programming languages.
• Build scalable systems on Kubernetes and optimize performance.
• Assist in onboarding new customers and provide technical guidance.

Skills

C++

Golang

Java

gRPC

Protocol Buffers

Cloud Technologies

Distributed Systems

Technical Communication

Customer Engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Programming

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Google Cloud Platform

AWS

Job description

About Aalyria:

Aalyria is a leading technology company that supplies laser communications technology and temporospatial software-defined networking software platforms to the aerospace & defense industry. Aalyria spun out of Google and is at the forefront of innovation in the field of satellite and airborne mesh networks, as well as cislunar and deep space communications. Aalyria's flagship product, Spacetime, is a cutting-edge software-defined networking platform that orchestrates radio resource management, schedule of pointing and handovers, and networking functions for aerospace & defense communication networks.

Role Overview:

As a Backend Software Engineer for Spacetime, you will be part of the UK R&D team to support the development of new and innovative features. You will work with other software engineers to evolve the Spacetime platform and build features that solve impactful problems for our customers and partners that will change how communication networks are operated around the world. As more and more data gets transmitted through satellite communications, Spacetime is critical to ensuring data efficiently and effectively arrives at its intended destination. The ideal candidate should have experience building distributed systems with cloud technologies and solutions to networking, storage, queueing and other systems challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the Spacetime platform and APIs using C++, Golang, Java, gRPC, and Protocol Buffers
• Build a scalable and distributed system on Kubernetes
• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications
• Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server side logic
• Gather and address technical and design requirements
• Follow emerging technologies
• Create and deliver technical content, including documentation, tutorials and sample code, to assist developers and customers in understanding and utilizing Spacetime
• Assist the onboarding process for new customers, providing guidance and support to ensure successful integration of their existing and future systems
• Optimizing the performance of applications for full-scale production deployments

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer programming, computer science, or a related field
• Strong technical communication skills, and ability to communicate across multiple functions.
• High-curiosity for both business and technology strategies, processes, and objectives (pushing past surface-level understanding to gain a granular command of different ecosystems)
• Experience working with customers/end-users answering questions and coming up with creative solutions
• A strong desire to pitch and sell our amazing technology!

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing and implementing scalable and distributed microservice and/or event-driven software architectures
• Experience writing scalable software, bolstered with unit and integration testing, leveraging language-specific strengths (e.g. concurrency control), integrating it with various CNCF technologies, and containerising it
• Experience with software-defined networking platforms
• Familiarity with wireless communications standards and networking protocols (e.g. 3GPP, SD-WAN, SR-MPLS, SRv6, etc.)
• Experience creating technical content such as documentation, tutorials, or blog posts
• Experience with cloud platforms and services such as Google Cloud Platform or AWS

Benefits:

• Pension
• Health insurance - including medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

If you are a passionate and driven Software Engineer with a strong focus on Developer Relations and customer onboarding, ready to engage with developers, promote Spacetime, and ensure a successful developer and customer experience, Aalyria is the perfect place for you. Apply today and join our team of innovative professionals.

Work Requirements:

Aalyria is unable to sponsor UK work visas at this time.

Work Location:

Remote working within the UK.