Lead Cloud Software Engineer for Global Satellite Network

Northwood; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to lead the Cloud team in Torrance, owning the cloud platform that manages global antenna scheduling, booking, provisioning and network orchestration. You will set technical direction for scalable systems, oversee resource allocation and billing, and define contracts between cloud, ground sites, and data systems.

You will collaborate across Ground and Data teams to build a resilient global network, deliver customer-focused APIs, and ensure high

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• 3+ years building and scaling cloud-based services and APIs in production.
• Experience leading engineering teams or projects as a tech lead, with mentoring experience.
• Experience with distributed scheduling systems, resource allocation, or booking platforms.
• Proficiency in modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines.

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 workflows with strong guarantees across deployed sites worldwide
• Own orchestration layer coordinating antenna operations and interfaces between cloud and on-site ground systems
• Design and operate control plane, dataplane and telemetry delivery across on-premises and cloud
• Develop billing and metering systems to track usage and generate invoices
• Drive design and implementation of a comprehensive monitoring solution for uptime
• Collaborate with Ground and Data teams, site operations, and network operations for resilience
• Define secure and scalable TT&C interfaces and payload data transfer with simplicity and extensibility

Skills

Cloud leadership

Distributed scheduling

Cloud platforms

Mentoring engineers

System design

Programming languages (Rust)

Programming languages (Golang)

Programming languages (Haskell)

Tools

Kubernetes

Containerization

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Northwood Space is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to lead the Cloud team in Torrance, owning the cloud platform that manages global antenna scheduling, booking, provisioning and network orchestration. You will set technical direction for scalable systems, oversee resource allocation and billing, and define contracts between cloud, ground sites, and data systems.

You will collaborate across Ground and Data teams to build a resilient global network, deliver customer-focused APIs, and ensure high