Principal Software Engineer, Space Data Microservices

RKF Engineering Solutions, LLC (DBA Auria); Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match up to 4%

Tuition assistance up to $12k/year

Health insurance

Job summary

Auria is actively seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Carlsbad, CA, to design, develop, and integrate key software components for the Space Data Network-Backbone (SDN-B) Mission Operations Center (MOC). This is a contingent position.

The role will design and implement services that command and configure external network and satellite services, build mTLS-enabled gRPC clients, and transform APIs into Go/Python microservices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficient in Go and Python, with gRPC/Protobuf and REST/API integration.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, distributed systems networking, and CI/CD.
• Active TS security clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the services that allow the MOC to command and configure external network and satellite services.
• Build mTLS-secured gRPC clients to Satellite Operations, implement S-band tasking workflows, coordinate CDS interface logic, and support broadband provisioning interfaces.
• Transform external APIs and ICDs into deployable Go/Python microservices
• Resolve integration problems across SDN components.
• Responsible for a meaningful portion of the architecture/interface documentation-SRS', interface designs, and microservice architecture

Skills

Go

Python

gRPC/Protobuf

REST/API

mTLS/PKI

CI/CD

Distributed systems networking

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Auria is actively seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Carlsbad, CA, to design, develop, and integrate key software components for the Space Data Network-Backbone (SDN-B) Mission Operations Center (MOC). This is a contingent position.

The role will design and implement services that command and configure external network and satellite services, build mTLS-enabled gRPC clients, and transform APIs into Go/Python microservices.