Realtime Space Systems Engineer - Full Stack

Xona; Burlingame (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Xona in Burlingame, CA is seeking an experienced software engineer to lead the design and development of mission control software. In this role, you will build backend services and high-performance front-end interfaces while ensuring system resiliency in operational workloads. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in full-stack software engineering and be proficient in modern frameworks like React or Angular as well as backend languages such as Python. The position requires U.S. citizenship or residency, ensuring compliance with space technology regulations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional full-stack software engineering experience.
• Expertise in at least one modern front-end framework.
• Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of mission control software.
• Design scalable backend services, microservices, and REST APIs.
• Build high-performance front-end user interfaces for flight operations.

Skills

Full-stack software engineering experience

Expertise in front-end frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue)

Backend languages proficiency (Python or Node.js)

RESTful/GraphQL API designing and consuming

Understanding of relational and NoSQL databases

Knowledge of distributed systems and microservices

Experience with CI/CD pipelines

Containerization and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes)

Cloud-based systems deployment (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions/GitLab CI/Jenkins

Terraform

Job description

Xona in Burlingame, CA is seeking an experienced software engineer to lead the design and development of mission control software. In this role, you will build backend services and high-performance front-end interfaces while ensuring system resiliency in operational workloads. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in full-stack software engineering and be proficient in modern frameworks like React or Angular as well as backend languages such as Python. The position requires U.S. citizenship or residency, ensuring compliance with space technology regulations.