Hybrid Network Software Engineer - Space Data Systems

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous equity

Healthcare (vision and dental)

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Azora is seeking a software engineer to build the data pathways and control software for a space-ground optical network, turning raw downlinks into reliable customer data delivery. You will implement protocols and services defined by the Network Architect, while providing feedback to shape them.

You will develop high-throughput data plane code and telemetry paths, with strong emphasis on reliability, performance, and distributed operations across multiple sites, including on-call support and

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant work in networked systems or distributed services.
• Strong skills in at least one of: Go, Rust, C++, or modern Python for backend/network services.
• Solid understanding of TCP/UDP, sockets, serialization, and performance tuning of network services.
• Experience with Linux systems programming and deployment (containers, systemd, CI/CD).

Responsibilities

• Implement networking software for the ground segment: link management, framing/ARQ logic, data ingest pipelines, store-and-forward services, and customer delivery APIs.
• Build the pass scheduling and orchestration services that coordinate satellites, ground stations, and weather data in near-real time.
• Develop telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) software paths, including encrypted command uplink and telemetry processing.
• Write high-throughput data plane code capable of sustaining multi-Gbps downlink rates from receiver hardware to storage and network egress.
• Build monitoring, logging, and operational tooling for a distributed, multi-site network.
• Develop simulation and test harnesses for protocol behavior over fading optical channels (packet loss, burst errors, outages).
• Participate in on-call support of operational ground stations as the network scales.

Skills

Networking software

Distributed services

Go

Rust

C++

Python

Linux systems programming

TCP/UDP networking

CI/CD tooling

Education

BS/MS in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Containers

systemd

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Azora is seeking a software engineer to build the data pathways and control software for a space-ground optical network, turning raw downlinks into reliable customer data delivery. You will implement protocols and services defined by the Network Architect, while providing feedback to shape them.

You will develop high-throughput data plane code and telemetry paths, with strong emphasis on reliability, performance, and distributed operations across multiple sites, including on-call support and