Lead Cloud Architect, Global Space Network

Industrious Ventures; Torrance (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own and grow the Cloud team in Torrance. You will guide cloud services, booking systems, and network orchestration across a global ground station network. Leverage modern cloud platforms, scale systems, and design robust APIs for customers.

The role requires leadership, deep cloud expertise, and experience with distributed scheduling and telemetry systems. Join a mission-driven team building scalable space infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software development experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Cloud team: set technical direction, mentor engineers, drive execution, and own delivery of Northwood's cloud services end to end
• Design and develop Northwood's cloud-based booking and reservation system for global antenna network access
• Build and maintain customer-facing APIs and portals for scheduling and booking to automated network rerouting
• Implement sophisticated workflows with strong guarantees for customers across world-wide sites
• Own the orchestration layer coordinating antenna operations across the global network
• Design and operate the control plane, dataplane and telemetry delivery path across cloud and on-prem
• Develop billing and metering systems that track usage and generate invoices
• Drive comprehensive monitoring for continuous platform uptime
• Collaborate with Ground and Data teams, site operations, and network operations for a resilient network
• Define secure, scalable TT&C interfaces and payload data transfer, prioritizing simplicity and extensibility

Skills

Leadership experience

Cloud APIs

Distributed systems

Scheduling systems

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Northwood Space is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own and grow the Cloud team in Torrance. You will guide cloud services, booking systems, and network orchestration across a global ground station network. Leverage modern cloud platforms, scale systems, and design robust APIs for customers.

The role requires leadership, deep cloud expertise, and experience with distributed scheduling and telemetry systems. Join a mission-driven team building scalable space infrastructure.