Software Engineer, Core Services (Embedded/Linux)

NextGenEnergyJobs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

FSA/HSA plans

Life and disability insurance

Flexible time off

401(k) and equity options

Company meals and snacks

Parental leave

Relocation assistance

Global exposure to France team

Off-sites and social events

Job summary

Loft Orbital is building a marketplace for space-based AI applications, publishing, deploying, and monetizing AI solutions that run on satellites in orbit. We seek engineers with 2+ years in C/C++, Python, and distributed systems to advance the core platform, including containerization, middleware, and Linux-on-ARM environments.

You will work across Docker/K3S, gRPC or ZMQ/NATS, and Yocto-based stacks, contributing to scalable, multi-threaded software in a collaborative, international team with

Qualifications

• 2+ years software engineering experience with C/C++ and Python.
• Experience with Git, CI tools, and build systems.
• Understanding distributed architecture and networking (UDP/TCP/IP).
• Experience with multi-threaded applications and embedded Linux (Yocto).

Skills

C/C++ (C++11+)

Python

Git

CI/CD

Make/CMake

Distributed systems

Networking

Multi-threading

Go/Rust

Embedded Linux

Tools

Docker

K3S

systemd-nspawn

gRPC

ZMQ

NATS

Go

Rust

Yocto

GitLab-CI

Jenkins

CMake

Job description

Loft Orbital is building a marketplace for space-based AI applications, publishing, deploying, and monetizing AI solutions that run on satellites in orbit. We seek engineers with 2+ years in C/C++, Python, and distributed systems to advance the core platform, including containerization, middleware, and Linux-on-ARM environments.

You will work across Docker/K3S, gRPC or ZMQ/NATS, and Yocto-based stacks, contributing to scalable, multi-threaded software in a collaborative, international team with