Mission Software Engineer — Space Station (Full-Time)

Telemetry Today LLC; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision

Job summary

Vast is developing next-generation space stations and infrastructure, hiring a Software Engineer, Mission Software, to support design and build of systems for artificial-gravity human-rated stations. This full-time, exempt role is based in Long Beach, CA.

You will design web apps, backends, and tooling, collaborating with Flight Software and DevOps teams to enable scalable, robust software across diverse platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, or related engineering field.
• 2+ years of software development or relevant industry experience.
• Experience building, shipping, and supporting complex, data-intensive full-stack software applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement web applications with modern frontends and application servers, consuming APIs and micro-services.
• Design and implement backends including data models, APIs, and supporting pipelines.
• Collaborate with Flight Software to interface with flight software and simulation.
• Build tools and platforms to accelerate SDLC (test automation, simulation management, CI/CD).
• Iterate on tooling and design new applications as the company grows.
• Promote scalable software practices and patterns across teams.

Skills

Full-stack development

DevOps

Time series data

API design

React

GraphQL

Golang

OAuth

PostgreSQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Vast is developing next-generation space stations and infrastructure, hiring a Software Engineer, Mission Software, to support design and build of systems for artificial-gravity human-rated stations. This full-time, exempt role is based in Long Beach, CA.

You will design web apps, backends, and tooling, collaborating with Flight Software and DevOps teams to enable scalable, robust software across diverse platforms.