Senior Software Engineer, Satellite Command and Control

EngRadar; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity Grants

Health Insurance

Recovery Support

Job summary

EngRadar in Colorado Springs seeks a senior backend engineer to own the architecture, delivery, and operation of ground command-and-control software for satellite missions. You will design and build backend services for telemetry, mission management, and ground-station brokering using Go and gRPC.

The role requires 8+ years building distributed systems, production experience on Kubernetes, and eligibility for a U.S. Top Secret SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building distributed systems in Go, Rust, or C++.
• Experience operating production services on Kubernetes.
• Eligibility for a U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, delivery, and operation of core ground software.
• Design and build backend services for telemetry and mission management.
• Ensure reliable production operations and incident response.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Backend Engineering

API Design

Code Review

Mentoring

Incident Response

Tools

Go

gRPC

Protobuf

Kubernetes

Cloud Deployment

CI/CD

Hardware Integration

Job description

Own the architecture, delivery, and operation of ground command-and-control software for satellite missions. Design and build backend services for telemetry, mission management, and ground-station brokering using Go and gRPC.

Requirements

Requires 8+ years of experience building distributed systems in Go, Rust, or C++ and operating production services on Kubernetes. Candidates must be eligible for a U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance.

Key Skills

• Go, gRPC, Protobuf, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems, Backend Engineering, API Design, CI/CD, Cloud Deployment, Hardware Integration, Space C2, System Architecture, Software-in-the-loop Simulation, Code Review, Mentoring, Incident Response

Benefits

• Equity Grants, Health Insurance, Recovery Support