Cloud-Native Backend Engineer – Satellite Ops

Quindar; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Annual company offsite

Job summary

Quindar builds modern, cloud-native satellite mission operations software with a simple mission: to operate satellites like servers. Our platform replaces fragmented, legacy ground systems with an integrated, automation-driven approach that brings modern software velocity to space operations.

You will join a small, fast-moving engineering team focused on backend development, APIs, and AWS, contributing across DevSecOps and CI/CD tooling in an Agile Scrum environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or related field).
• 3+ years professional backend/full-stack experience.
• U.S. Person status required – we are not able to sponsor visas at this time.
• Ability to obtain U.S. Security Clearance

Responsibilities

• Develop backend software capabilities using Python and AWS.
• Design APIs and integrate with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Fargate, and EKS.
• Ensure scalability, security, cost efficiency, and performance of the software.
• Collaborate with frontend, product managers, and cross-functional teams in an Agile Scrum environment.

Skills

Python

GraphQL

Docker

Terraform

APIs

AWS

Kubernetes

Git

OpenAI

Anthropic

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

Quindar builds modern, cloud-native satellite mission operations software with a simple mission: to operate satellites like servers. Our platform replaces fragmented, legacy ground systems with an integrated, automation-driven approach that brings modern software velocity to space operations.

You will join a small, fast-moving engineering team focused on backend development, APIs, and AWS, contributing across DevSecOps and CI/CD tooling in an Agile Scrum environment.