Full Stack Software Engineer (Full Stack Developer All levels)

Redwire Space; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwire Space seeks a Full Stack Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain end‑to‑end software powering our simulation and mission system platforms. You will create advanced React interfaces, implement high‑throughput services in Python/C++/Rust, and integrate with distributed systems within aerospace and defense environments.

You will collaborate across engineering disciplines to deliver reliable, data‑rich applications with strong API governance and observability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related STEM field.
• 1–5 years of fullstack experience across frontend and backend domains.
• Systems‑level understanding: concurrency, distributed systems, data modeling, caching, performance optimization.
• Modern frontend expertise with TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and UI engineering practices.
• Core web fundamentals: HTML, CSS, rendering pipelines, performance constraints.
• Advanced React patterns: hooks, contexts, scalable state management.
• Design systems & component architecture: libraries, CSS‑in‑JS, modular CSS.
• Complex visualization work: physics‑based simulations, realtime system behavior.
• Backend integration fluency: REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets.

Responsibilities

• Design and build fullstack software capabilities for simulation and mission workflows.
• Develop frontend interfaces using TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and scalable architectures.
• Implement high‑performance backend services in Python, C++, or Rust for APIs and pipelines.
• Integrate with distributed systems, simulation engines, and data pipelines.
• Design and maintain APIs with REST, GraphQL, and gRPC and strong schema governance.
• Build realtime processing pipelines for deterministic and multithreaded execution.
• Develop visualization tools for physics‑based simulations and system behavior.
• Ensure reliability and observability with logging, metrics, tracing, and testing.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, mission analysts, UI/UX designers, and DevOps.
• Contribute to CI/CD and engineering rigor through testing and code reviews.

Skills

Frontend development

Backend development

React

TypeScript/JavaScript

Python

C++

Rust

APIs

Distributed systems

UI/UX collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

REST

GraphQL

gRPC

WebSockets

Job description

Full Stack Software Engineer

Redwire is an innovative space and defense technology company driving advanced capabilities across the aerospace sector. We are looking for a leader who can contribute to concept of operations development, mission solution design, and strategic analysis for spacecraft programs supporting National Security Space. This includes work spanning space domain awareness, space resiliency, mission autonomy, structures, sensors, and nextgeneration space systems.

Full Stack Software Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining end‑to‑end software capabilities that power the company's simulation, digital engineering, and mission system platforms. This role blends modern frontend engineering, high‑performance backend development, and systems‑level thinking to ensure that user interfaces, APIs, data pipelines, and realtime services are coherent, scalable, secure, and aligned with mission and product objectives. You will develop advanced React interfaces, implement high‑throughput backend services in Python/C++/Rust, integrate with distributed systems and simulation workflows, and collaborate closely with systems engineers, mission analysts, UI/UX designers, and DevOps teams to deliver reliable, data‑rich, and performance‑critical applications across aerospace and defense environments.

Major Responsibilities

• Design and build fullstack software capabilities supporting simulation, digital engineering, and mission system workflows.
• Develop advanced frontend interfaces using TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and scalable UI architectures.
• Implement high‑performance backend services in Python, C++, or Rust for APIs, microservices, and realtime pipelines.
• Integrate with distributed systems including simulation engines, data pipelines, and mission analysis tools.
• Design and maintain APIs including REST, GraphQL, and gRPC interfaces with strong schema governance.
• Build realtime processing pipelines supporting deterministic, concurrent, or multithreaded execution.
• Develop complex visualization tools for physics‑based simulations and realtime system behavior.
• Ensure reliability and observability through logging, metrics, tracing, error handling, and automated testing.
• Collaborate across engineering disciplines including systems, mission analysis, UI/UX, and DevOps.
• Contribute to CI/CD and engineering rigor through testing, code reviews, and Git‑driven workflows.

Ideal Experience

• STEM foundation – Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related STEM field.
• Fullstack engineering experience – 1‑5 years building production systems across frontend and backend domains.
• Systems‑level understanding – Concurrency, distributed systems, data modeling, caching, and performance optimization.
• Modern frontend expertise – TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and contemporary UI engineering practices.
• Core web fundamentals – HTML, CSS, browser internals, rendering pipelines, and performance constraints.
• Advanced React patterns – Hooks, context architectures, compound components, scalable state management.
• Design systems & component architecture – Component libraries, design systems, CSS‑in‑JS, modular CSS, utility‑first approaches.
• Complex visualization work – Physics‑based simulations, engineering workflows, realtime system behavior.
• Backend integration fluency – REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets.

Benefits

We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Redwire Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with MIS 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.

All offers of employment at Redwire Space are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check.

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. Learn more about the Click Here