Full Stack Developer - AI Marketplace

Loft Orbital; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision insurance

FSA/HSA contributions

Life/AD&D insurance

Disability insurance

Flexible vacation + 12 holidays

401(k) + equity options

Daily catered lunches

Job summary

Loft Orbital is hiring the founding developer of the Marketplace to take the platform from MVP to a scalable system used by dozens of partners. You will own features end-to-end and ship weekly, collaborating with the Director of Marketplace on a small, high-scope team.

The role covers building the storefront, backend APIs, and integrations with the mission platform, with strong emphasis on reliability, security, and rapid iteration.

Qualifications

• 4+ years shipping full-stack products.
• Experience with Sprint development ánd cloud-native stacks.
• Strong TS/React frontend and Python/Go/Node backend experience.
• Familiarity with OAuth and multi-tenant architectures.

Responsibilities

• Build the Marketplace storefront, partner portal, and admin tooling.
• Design and implement APIs and services: catalog, onboarding, entitlements, metering.
• Integrate with the mission platform for auth, workflows, and deployment.
• Create connectors for third-party constellations and data providers.
• Own quality: tests, CI/CD, monitoring.

Skills

Full-stack development

TypeScript/React

Python/Go/Node backend

Cloud-native (GCP)

OAuth & multi-tenant security

AI-assisted development workflows

Zero-to-one product / marketplace

Tools

Kubernetes

Stripe

Job description

Wanna join the adventure? Loft Orbital flies other people's payloads and software on standardized satellites, and we are building the first marketplace for space-based AI applications: the store where partners publish, deploy, and monetize AI solutions that run on satellites in orbit. We are hiring the founding developer of that marketplace. You will work directly with the Director of Marketplace to take the platform from MVP to the system behind dozens of partner solutions, on a small team where you own features end-to-end and ship weekly.

Wanna join the adventure? Loft Orbital flies other people's payloads and software on standardized satellites, and we are building the first marketplace for space-based AI applications: the store where partners publish, deploy, and monetize AI solutions that run on satellites in orbit. We are hiring the founding developer of that marketplace. You will work directly with the Director of Marketplace to take the platform from MVP to the system behind dozens of partner solutions, on a small team where you own features end-to-end and ship weekly.

About this role:

• Build the Marketplace storefront, partner portal, and admin tooling
• Design and implement the APIs and services behind them: catalog, onboarding, entitlements, and metering
• Integrate with our mission platform for authentication, workflow triggers, and solution deployment in close collaboration with engineering teams
• Build connectors for third-party constellations and data providers
• Own quality: tests, CI/CD, monitoring

Must Haves:

• 4+ years building and shipping full-stack products
• Experience with Sprint development
• Strong TypeScript/React on the front end and solid backend experience in Python, Go, or Node
• Cloud-native by default (we run on GCP): containers/kubernetes, managed services, infrastructure as code
• Comfortable with API design, OAuth, and multi-tenant authorization
• Fluent with AI-assisted development workflows and expected to use them
• You have shipped a zero-to-one product, ideally a marketplace, developer platform, or SaaS portal, and you like small teams with large scope

Nice to Haves:

• Billing integrations (Stripe or similar)
• Geospatial or earth observation exposure
• Security-minded engineering (tenant isolation, audit trails)
• Experience in the architecture of modern systems

Some of Our Awesome Benefits:

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
• Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
• 100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance
• Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays
• 401(k) plan and equity options
• Daily catered lunches and snacks
• International exposure to our team in France
• Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for primary caregiver and 10 weeks for secondary caregiver
• Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
• Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
• Relocation assistance when applicable

Who We Are

Loft: Space Made Simple. Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit. We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loft’s flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives. With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure. As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us. State law requires us to tell you the base compensation range for this role, which is $140,000- $210,000 per year. This is determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. The salary range for this role is intentionally wide as we evaluate individuals based on their unique experience and abilities to fit our needs. Most importantly, we are excited to meet you, and see if you are a great fit for our team. What we can’t quantify for you are the exciting challenges, supportive team, and amazing culture we enjoy.