Backend Engineer, Space Mission Platform

Loft Orbital; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental & vision

401(k) with equity

Catered lunches

Relocation assistance

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Loft Orbital seeks a Backend Engineer to join the Oort team in Golden, CO. You will design, build, and operate back-end features that surface mission-critical infrastructure data across the Loft lifecycle.

You will craft APIs and integrations, collaborate with program management, satellite engineering, operations, and business stakeholders, and drive solutions that reduce complexity for multiple teams. Fluency in English is required.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python for backend engineering.
• Experience with Docker for containerization and deployment in scalable environments.
• Backend architecture experience including API design and robust database interactions.
• Hands-on experience building, operating, or integrating technologies for space missions and a passion for standardizing multi-team work.
• Ability to map complex business and technical processes end-to-end and identify friction points.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Build, and operate features across backend services that collect, manage, and surface critical infrastructure data for the full Loft mission lifecycle
• Design and implement APIs and integrations that connect tooling and data across teams and systems
• Partner with program management, satellite engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to analyze and understand mission design, program, and business processes—and translate them into intuitive, reliable software
• Apply a product mindset across the stack: seek user feedback, identify friction in both backend workflows and UI/UX, and deliver solutions that meaningfully reduce complexity for the people and teams building and operating space infrastructure

Skills

Python

Docker

API design

Database interactions

Team collaboration

English fluency

Tools

Django

GraphQL

AWS / GCP

Kubernetes

PyTest

Job description

Loft Orbital seeks a Backend Engineer to join the Oort team in Golden, CO. You will design, build, and operate back-end features that surface mission-critical infrastructure data across the Loft lifecycle.

You will craft APIs and integrations, collaborate with program management, satellite engineering, operations, and business stakeholders, and drive solutions that reduce complexity for multiple teams. Fluency in English is required.