Full-Stack Engineer for Satellite Ops & Cloud

Quindar; Arvada (CO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Company offsite

Job summary

Quindar, a mission-driven software company serving satellite operations, is hiring a Full Stack Engineer in a hybrid role based in Arvada, CO. You will develop backend services and cloud-native applications using Python and AWS, working across backend and frontend systems while collaborating with satellite operators and product teams.

You will design scalable, secure, and observable systems, integrating React/TypeScript with GraphQL and modern frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of professional backend/full-stack or DevOps experience.
• Strong proficiency with Python and production backend services.
• Experience designing and troubleshooting APIs, distributed systems, databases, caching, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with AWS and cloud-native development patterns.
• Hands-on with Docker, containers, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with IaC tools like Terraform or similar.
• Familiarity with JavaScript/TypeScript and frontend integration.
• Proficient in Git/GitHub/GitLab or similar.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and cloud-native apps for satellite operations workflows.
• Develop mission-specific software for U.S. government customers and contribute to Quindar’s core product.
• Design and troubleshoot services using AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Fargate, EKS, CloudWatch, EFS/EBS).
• Work across backend and frontend systems, integrating React, TypeScript, GraphQL, and modern frameworks.
• Improve scalability, security, cost efficiency, resilience, and performance.
• Build and support containerized and serverless architectures with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with operators, customers, PMs, and engineers to define requirements and new capabilities.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve maintainability and observability.
• Automate development, deployment, and operational workflows.

Skills

Python

APIs & Distributed Systems

Git & CI/CD

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

React/TypeScript

Job description

Quindar, a mission-driven software company serving satellite operations, is hiring a Full Stack Engineer in a hybrid role based in Arvada, CO. You will develop backend services and cloud-native applications using Python and AWS, working across backend and frontend systems while collaborating with satellite operators and product teams.

You will design scalable, secure, and observable systems, integrating React/TypeScript with GraphQL and modern frameworks.