Full Stack Software Engineer, Space Systems & Test Platform

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

PTO & 401K

Professional growth

Job summary

York Space Systems is seeking an experienced full‑stack engineer to develop and maintain a suite of test platforms used to validate spacecraft before flight. You will work on backend services, real‑time UI views, and data visualization components critical to operations on the production floor.

You will collaborate with test engineers, translate high level designs into production code, and help drive CI/CD, testing, and instrumentation across the stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong full stack fundamentals, backend emphasis.
• Proficiency with Python.
• Proficiency with JavaScript/TypeScript and React or equivalent.
• Experience designing and building REST APIs.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL).
• Experience integrating with systems/APIs owned by other teams.
• Experience shipping user facing features and iterating quickly.
• Experience with Docker and containerization.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency in Linux/bash scripting.
• Ownership of full SDLC using Git and Agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and extend backend services for mission critical test execution, including data modeling and query optimization.
• Build and maintain user facing interfaces, including real time views into running tests.
• Integrate products with lab, ground, and test infrastructure owned by other teams across the company.
• Gather feedback from test engineers on the floor and iterate on the platform accordingly.
• Translate designs into production ready code across the stack.
• Develop automated tests for products and systems it interfaces with.
• Provide technical direction to junior engineers and create documentation.

Skills

Python

TypeScript/React

REST APIs

Linux/Bash

Git & Agile

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Docker

PostgreSQL

React

GitLab CI/CD

Linux

Job description

York Space Systems is seeking an experienced full‑stack engineer to develop and maintain a suite of test platforms used to validate spacecraft before flight. You will work on backend services, real‑time UI views, and data visualization components critical to operations on the production floor.

You will collaborate with test engineers, translate high level designs into production code, and help drive CI/CD, testing, and instrumentation across the stack.