Full Stack Engineer at LeoLabs

Feedinkoo; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited paid time off

Competitive salary and equity packages

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage

Job summary

Feedinkoo is seeking a Full‑Stack Software Engineer in the United States to develop cloud-based analytics and APIs for satellite management. You will design, build, and maintain backend services while ensuring system reliability and performance.

The ideal candidate has strong experience with Python and cloud environments. Opportunities for flexible remote or hybrid work, unlimited PTO, and competitive salary with comprehensive health coverage are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Extensive experience with cloud-based software services and APIs.
• Experience building message‑driven applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable cloud-based backend services.
• Collaborate with front‑end engineers to deliver full-feature solutions.
• Participate in Agile development lifecycle.

Skills

Python

Cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Software development best practices

Agile workflows

Go or C++ (plus)

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Kafka

SQS

Postgres

MySQL

Kubernetes

Job description

The Opportunity

At LeoLabs, we’re building the living map of activity in space by collecting millions of measurements daily on more than 241,000 objects in low‑Earth orbit and powering AI‑enabled analytics that protect assets, monitor adversarial behavior, and ensure safe operations for commercial and government missions.

We’re looking for a Full‑Stack Software Engineer to join our cross‑functional Insights team, a core part of our 30‑person software engineering organization. The role will involve developing customer‑facing analytics, integrations, and mission‑critical APIs that enable real‑time decisions to protect and manage satellites and other orbiting objects.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud‑based backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate with front‑end engineers, data teams, and infrastructure to deliver full‑feature solutions.
• Ensure reliability, performance, and scalability of production systems.
• Integrate with internal and customer‑facing systems using secure, robust practices.
• Deploy services to both cloud and on‑site environments.
• Participate in the full Agile development lifecycle: planning, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering practices, tooling, and architecture.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in a fast‑paced development environment.
• Extensive experience designing, building, testing, deploying and maintaining cloud‑based software services and APIs.
• Significant expertise in Python; additional experience in Go or C++ is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of software development and testing methodologies, best practices, and industry standards.
• Experience with cloud environments like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience with databases like Postgres or MySQL.
• Experience building message‑driven applications with tools such as Kafka and SQS.
• Solid understanding of Agile workflows and principles.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to collaborate across technical and non‑technical teams.
• Willingness to participate in on‑call rotations for critical issue response.
• Eligibility for U.S. security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience deploying and managing applications in Kubernetes, including container orchestration, scaling, and monitoring in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with building user interfaces using front‑end technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript, and HTML.
• Background in Math, Physics, AI/ML, or Orbital Mechanics.
• Active U.S. security clearance.

Onboarding & Growth Plan

Within 1 month

• Complete onboarding and set up local development environment, tools, and access.
• Attend sprint ceremonies and shadow code reviews to ramp up on the Insights codebase and processes.
• Complete first small, low‑risk changes or documentation updates under guidance.

Within 3 months

• Understand core architecture and dependencies for Insights products.
• Begin tackling small‑to‑medium scoped features with coaching and mentoring support.
• Work comfortably within the team’s Agile processes and contribute to task planning and estimation.

Within 6 months

• Demonstrate solid grasp of team’s architecture, dependencies, and operational practices.
• Actively contribute to software deliverables with coaching and mentoring, consistently shipping well‑tested, reliable code.
• Own and drive deliverables to completion, including design and implementation of scoped work.

Within 12 months

• Demonstrate full proficiency in the team’s tech stack and operational practices.
• Deliver complex features end‑to‑end with minimal oversight.
• Act as a trusted peer through code reviews and helping shape technical discussions and decisions.
• Proactively identify continuous improvement opportunities across the codebase.

Perks and Benefits

• Global workforce: flexible remote or hybrid opportunities.
• Opportunity to work on complex, meaningful missions with real‑world impact.
• Unlimited paid time off for most roles.
• Competitive salary and equity packages.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Access to the forefront of commercial space operations and defense innovation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.