Satellite Ground Systems Engineer (Backend & Ops)

Elveo; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Elveo is seeking an experienced Software Engineer for the Mission Operations ground segment. You will design, build, and ship backend services that connect Elveo's ground stations to Mission Operations Software, enabling command, telemetry, and configuration management across a global network.

You will own end-to-end services with Python microservices (FastAPI), React/Vue dashboards, MQTT messaging, and AWS/on-prem infrastructure, while collaborating with flight software and ground site

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience developing production software—services, APIs, or applications, not primarily scripts.
• Experience owning a service or system in production: designing it, shipping it, operating it, and debugging it when it breaks.
• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and working with relational databases.
• Experience with modern development practices: version control workflows, code review, automated testing, and CI/CD.
• Strong working knowledge of Linux environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services that schedule satellite contacts, prepare and transmit spacecraft commands, ingest and process telemetry, and manage ground station configuration.
• Build and evolve REST APIs and event-driven integrations (MQTT, message queues) between ground stations, network services, and Mission Operations tools.
• Write production-quality Python; contribute to shared libraries, service patterns, and developer tooling used across the Mission Operations codebase.
• Contribute to web dashboards and operator-facing tools (React/Vue) that visualize telemetry, contact schedules, and system health.
• Participate fully in the team's engineering practices: merge request reviews, automated testing, GitLab CI/CD, architecture decision records, and AI-augmented development workflows.

Skills

Python

Rust

TypeScript

Linux

REST APIs

CI/CD

GitLab CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

FastAPI

React

Vue

MQTT

PostgreSQL

Terraform

Ansible

Packer

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Elveo is seeking an experienced Software Engineer for the Mission Operations ground segment. You will design, build, and ship backend services that connect Elveo's ground stations to Mission Operations Software, enabling command, telemetry, and configuration management across a global network.

You will own end-to-end services with Python microservices (FastAPI), React/Vue dashboards, MQTT messaging, and AWS/on-prem infrastructure, while collaborating with flight software and ground site