Staff Backend Engineer - Cloud Scheduling & APIs

Northwood Space; New Mexico; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space is seeking a backend-focused Staff Engineer to lead the development of our cloud-based platform that manages global antenna scheduling, customer booking, and service provisioning. You will design scalable systems for resource allocation, billing, and customer-facing APIs, working across on-premises and cloud environments to ensure a reliable, high-performance network.

Join a team building a global space communications network with a strong emphasis on security, extensibility, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 3+ years building and scaling cloud-based services and APIs in production environments.
• Experience with distributed scheduling systems, resource allocation, or booking platforms.
• Proficiency in modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Northwood's cloud-based scheduling and orchestration system for global antenna network access
• Build and maintain customer-facing APIs and interfaces for everything from scheduling to real time communications and data routing
• Design and implement Northwood's control and data planes, ensuring seamless integration across on-premises and cloud environments
• Develop billing and metering systems that accurately track resource usage and generate invoices
• Create orchestration systems to coordinate antenna operations across our global network
• Collaborate with Customers, network operations, and the larger software team to build a truly resilient global network
• Work with customers on defining secure and scalable interfaces for TT&C and payload data transfer, putting simplicity and extensibility first

Skills

Software development

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

APIs design

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization

Job description

Northwood Space is seeking a backend-focused Staff Engineer to lead the development of our cloud-based platform that manages global antenna scheduling, customer booking, and service provisioning. You will design scalable systems for resource allocation, billing, and customer-facing APIs, working across on-premises and cloud environments to ensure a reliable, high-performance network.

Join a team building a global space communications network with a strong emphasis on security, extensibility, and