Senior Software Engineer – Mission Planning & Space Ops

Quindar; Arvada (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

15+ days off per year

Health insurance

401(k) match

Company offsite

Job summary

Quindar is seeking a Senior Software Engineer on the Flight + Plan team to design and implement mission-planning systems for real-world spacecraft operations. You will build scalable, low-latency backends in Python, develop algorithms for large search spaces, and collaborate across software, flight dynamics, and operations.

Join a team that values engineering judgment, ownership of complex problems, and automated, AI-assisted development practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, or related field.
• 6+ years of professional backend software-engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience independently driving complex software from concept to deployment.
• Active U.S. Secret security clearance, able to maintain it during employment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of mission-planning, scheduling, optimization, and operational-automation systems.
• Develop and validate algorithms that solve complex planning and resource-allocation problems across large solution spaces.
• Build high-performance APIs and distributed services for low-latency and compute-intensive workloads.
• Improve the scalability, reliability, observability, and operational readiness of mission-critical systems.
• Collaborate across software, program, product, and operations to turn complex requirements into robust production solutions.
• Mentor other engineers and use automation/AI to improve engineering velocity and quality.

Skills

Python

Backend systems

Optimization techniques

Algorithms & data structures

APIs / distributed systems

CI/CD / Git workflows

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS / Aerospace / OR / related field

Tools

Relational databases

Containerized cloud apps

Git workflows

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Quindar is seeking a Senior Software Engineer on the Flight + Plan team to design and implement mission-planning systems for real-world spacecraft operations. You will build scalable, low-latency backends in Python, develop algorithms for large search spaces, and collaborate across software, flight dynamics, and operations.

Join a team that values engineering judgment, ownership of complex problems, and automated, AI-assisted development practices.