Full Stack Developer - Internal Tooling

Northwood Space; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space is a modern space infrastructure company building a global ground station network and real-time communications for satellite missions. We seek a Full Stack Developer to own internal tools from API and data layer to the UI, delivering value to platform, software, hardware, and operations engineers.

You'll ship fast, gather user feedback, and iterate, working with the Development lead and Platform Delivery to improve deployment and onboarding workflows across a global network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of professional full stack development experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Rust or Go for backend services and TypeScript for frontend work.
• Experience building and consuming REST or gRPC APIs and working with relational databases.
• Comfort with containers, Git-based workflows, and CI pipelines.
• Track record of shipping working software to real users and iterating on their feedback.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain internal web applications and services that support build, release, and engineering workflows.
• Build backend APIs and integrations against GitLab, artifact registries, telemetry stores, and internal platform services.
• Own the full lifecycle of the tools you and others build, including requirements gathering from internal users, implementation, deployment via the platform's GitOps flow, and ongoing support.
• Contribute to shared internal tooling frameworks, component libraries, and standards.
• Instrument tools for observability and traceability.
• Participate in code reviews and design discussions across the Development team.

Skills

Python

Rust

Go

TypeScript

REST APIs

SQL

Containers

Git

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field

Tools

GitLab

Kubernetes

Grafana

VictoriaMetrics

GitOps

Job description

About Northwood:

Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company bringing the benefits of space to the masses through advanced communications technology. We are building a global network of phased array ground stations that enable real-time, reliable communication for satellite missions such as national security, global connectivity, and disaster response. With a vertically integrated approach, Northwood designs, builds, and rapidly deploys scalable systems that power the next generation of space missions. If you like solving complex challenges and seeing your work deployed around the world with real impact, Northwood is the place to do it.

Role

Northwood's engineers and operators need tools that don't exist off the shelf: release dashboards, build health views, pipeline orchestration, fleet and version visibility across a global ground station network. We're looking for a Full Stack Developer to build them. You will own internal tools end to end, from the API and data layer to the UI, and ship them to an internal customer base of platform, software, hardware, and operations engineers. You'll work within the standards set by the Development lead and partner with Platform Delivery to develop deployment and onboarding workflows. This is a role for someone who likes shipping fast, gathering feedback from users, and building iteratively.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain internal web applications and services that support build, release, and engineering workflows.

• Build backend APIs and integrations against GitLab, artifact registries, telemetry stores, and internal platform services.

• Own the full lifecycle of the tools you and others build, including requirements gathering from internal users, implementation, deployment via the platform's GitOps flow, and ongoing support.

• Contribute to shared internal tooling frameworks, component libraries, and standards.

• Instrument tools for observability and traceability.

• Participate in code reviews and design discussions across the Development team.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 3+ years of professional full stack development experience.

• Proficiency in Python, Rust or Go for backend services and TypeScript for frontend work.

• Experience building and consuming REST or gRPC APIs and working with relational databases.

• Comfort with containers, Git-based workflows, and CI pipelines.

• Track record of shipping working software to real users and iterating on their feedback.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building internal tools or developer platforms for engineering organizations.

• Familiarity with GitLab APIs, webhook-driven automation, or CI/CD orchestration.

• Experience with Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, time-series data, or building operational dashboards.

• Exposure to Nix, Kubernetes, and GitOps deployment patterns.

• Demonstrable proficiency in Rust.

Additional Information:

If you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Northwood Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Northwood Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.