Senior Ground Software Engineer, Satellite Operations

Umbra; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, LTD,STD

Stock Options

401k with 3% non-elective companycontr

Free parking

Free lunch in office daily

Job summary

Umbra, an American space technology company, is seeking a Senior Ground Software Engineer for its Remote Sensing software group. You will help design, build, and maintain critical systems that support autonomous satellite operations, including mission planning, scheduling, command and control.

Based on-site in Santa Barbara/Goleta, CA, Arlington, VA, or Reston, VA, this role emphasizes ownership of backend services, improving resiliency, and accelerating delivery across product areas.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 5-8+ years building highly available backend services, preferably Python.
• 3+ years designing, developing, testing RESTful APIs.
• Experience with aerospace ground systems or similar complex environments.
• Understanding of event-driven microservices, architecture, and automated testing.
• 2+ years building CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with PostgreSQL databases.
• Experience deploying Kubernetes/Docker containers.
• Experience with AWS or other clouds.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain reliable backend services for mission planning and control.
• Own production services to improve resilience and reduce single points of failure.
• Contribute to architectural decisions focused on reliability and security.
• Collaborate with operations, platform engineering, and flight software teams.
• Participate in on-call rotations ensuring uptime and performance.
• Develop APIs, backend services, and data workflows for autonomous operations.
• Improve observability, testing, deployment, and operational processes.

Skills

Python

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Security

Software architecture

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Tools

Swagger/OpenAPI

Job description

Umbra, an American space technology company, is seeking a Senior Ground Software Engineer for its Remote Sensing software group. You will help design, build, and maintain critical systems that support autonomous satellite operations, including mission planning, scheduling, command and control.

Based on-site in Santa Barbara/Goleta, CA, Arlington, VA, or Reston, VA, this role emphasizes ownership of backend services, improving resiliency, and accelerating delivery across product areas.