Ground Platform Engineer – Backend, AI Tools & Reliability

Loft Orbital; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% company-paid medical, dental, and

Vision insurance for employees and+de

Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health SAV

Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term

Flexible Time Off policy, 12 paid

401(k) plan and equity options

Daily catered lunches and snacks

International exposure to our team in

Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks

Carrot Fertility benefits

Off-sites and social events

Relocation assistance when applicable

Job summary

Loft Orbital in San Francisco is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Core team within Ground Platform. You will help build shared services, improve development workflows, and ensure platform reliability.

You will work on backend services, automation, AI tooling, and platform infrastructure with a focus on observability and reliability. You’ll also have the opportunity to participate in spacecraft operations through SatDevOps rotations, collaborating with engineers and satellite operators to

Qualifications

• Solid backend software development experience.
• Hands-on knowledge of deployment and Infrastructure as Code.
• Ability to define and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working with Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and implement new technologies and software patterns that propagate to the entire Loft's software stack.
• Lead the creation and evolution of Loft's AI tooling for development, review, and spacecraft anomaly investigation.
• Develop central ground platform functionalities such as workflow automation, microservice inter-communication, and metrics.
• Take responsibility for the reliability and performance of Loft's ground platform infrastructure, including message queues, CI/CD, and observability.
• Have the opportunity to take part in spacecraft operations through SatDevOps rotations, occasionally helping investigate anomalies and supporting real-time incident response when needed.
• Collaborate with software engineers and satellite operators from all over the company to support and foster consistent, maintainable, and performant software solutions

Skills

Backend development

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

Kubernetes

AI tooling interest

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

GraphQL

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Loft Orbital in San Francisco is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Core team within Ground Platform. You will help build shared services, improve development workflows, and ensure platform reliability.

You will work on backend services, automation, AI tooling, and platform infrastructure with a focus on observability and reliability. You’ll also have the opportunity to participate in spacecraft operations through SatDevOps rotations, collaborating with engineers and satellite operators to