Platform Engineer - Early Career, Global Space Network

Northwood Space; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space in Los Angeles is seeking an early-career Platform Engineer to help ship production software across a global network of antenna ground stations and the cloud services behind them. You’ll work on how code is built, tested, released, and monitored, with an emphasis on reliability and scalable operations.

You’ll learn fast, receive mentorship from experienced engineers, and take on more ownership as you prove your abilities.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years of professional software experience, internships count.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, or related field (soft requirement).
• Has written real software in at least one general-purpose language (Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, or C++) beyond coursework.
• Has built and shipped something others used or relied on.
• Has solved a hard technical problem largely on their own, e.g., debugging a non-obvious failure or designing a system from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Platform Engineering builds software that moves Northwood products from prototype to operation.
• Focus on how code is built, tested, released, and monitored across sites and cloud services.
• Ensure hardware in remote locations is brought online, updated, and kept healthy across the network.
• Ship to real production systems from first weeks with close mentorship and growing ownership.

Skills

Python/Go/Rust

Problem solving

Fast learner

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE

Tools

GitHub Actions

Docker

AWS

Job description

Northwood Space in Los Angeles is seeking an early-career Platform Engineer to help ship production software across a global network of antenna ground stations and the cloud services behind them. You’ll work on how code is built, tested, released, and monitored, with an emphasis on reliability and scalable operations.

You’ll learn fast, receive mentorship from experienced engineers, and take on more ownership as you prove your abilities.