Remote Senior Backend Engineer - Space Comm & Cloud APIs | Equity

Sphinx Defense; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Profit sharing

401(k) contribution

Employer-provided health/dental/vision

Remote-friendly environment

Job summary

Sphinx Defense is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Space Communications team, building the next generation of mission planning and command and control software for US government satellites. You will lead core platform services and design and build technology to support operations, serving as both an individual contributor and a lead for junior engineers.

This fully remote role in the United States requires 5+ years of experience, strong Python, FastAPI, Postgres, AWS, Docker,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressively responsible software engineering experience.
• Have extensive experience with Python, FastAPI, Postgres, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Demonstrable in-depth knowledge of at least one commercial cloud platform and its associated services.
• Led the architecture, development, and building of backend services and APIs to ensure performance, security, and reliability.
• An ability to successfully own technical problems end-to-end.
• Made enough mistakes and booked enough wins to know what not to build and what good looks like.
• Excellent communication skills, working with end-users to design and build solutions to their needs, a habit of self-directed learning of new technologies, and the ability to learn quickly and adapt to a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Building multi-tenant services on public cloud platforms like AWS
• Building, architecting, and consuming APIs and backend services as part of the platform ecosystem with an emphasis on automation, testing, and security
• Advocating for improvements to product quality, security, and performance that have a particular impact on your team and others
• Supporting junior engineering talent with mentorship or technical guidance
• Interacting with customers and partners to help them integrate with our services
• Scale the services and solve interesting Space Communication challenges

Skills

Python

FastAPI

Postgres

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Postgres

Job description

Sphinx Defense is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Space Communications team, building the next generation of mission planning and command and control software for US government satellites. You will lead core platform services and design and build technology to support operations, serving as both an individual contributor and a lead for junior engineers.

This fully remote role in the United States requires 5+ years of experience, strong Python, FastAPI, Postgres, AWS, Docker,