Staff Software Engineer, Government Programs

OpenKrill; United States; On-site; USD 228,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Disability and life insurance

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Unlimited sick time

Parental leave

Job summary

Muon Space seeks a Staff Software Engineer to design foundational architecture, lead distributed systems, and build platforms enabling government programs in classified environments.

You will mentor engineers, own long-term architectural decisions, and collaborate across teams to deliver scalable, reliable software with strong uptime and security clearances.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent industry experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering in production environments with Python, C++, or Rust.
• Technical depth in distributed systems, backend services, or platform development.
• Experience building and operating mission-critical services with uptime, reliability and performance.
• Knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure (containers, orchestration, observability).
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading large technical initiatives.
• Active US security clearance; TS/SCI preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve high-performance, scalable systems in regulated environments.
• Deploy and maintain platforms in classified environments with security/compliance requirements.
• Ensure delivery across multi-month epics and initiatives.
• Own architectural decisions shaping long-term core systems.
• Define metrics aligned with company goals.
• Identify bottlenecks and performance risks in production.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate needs into solutions.
• Mentor engineers, define training plans, and set coding/design/testing standards.
• Take ownership of systems, tools, and processes with broad impact.

Skills

Python

C++

Rust

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Containers

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

About the role

Muon is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our team and help scale our core platforms. In this role, you'll have high-level, organizational impact designing foundational architecture, developing shared libraries and services, and developing technical strategies to ship customer-facing features with real, immediate impact. This role will be a technical lead, building the platforms that enable Muon's missions for our government programs.

You’ll work within a tight-knit team that values open communication, cross-functional collaboration, and moving quickly without cutting corners. You’ll partner closely with other engineering teams to translate business needs into reliable, well-crafted solutions. Whether you're building something from scratch or improving what already exists, you'll have a direct hand in shaping the systems our customers depend on every day. This will include developing software and infrastructure in classified environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve high-performance systems that are scalable, resilient, and reliable in regulated environments
• Deploy, operate, and maintain software platforms and infrastructure into classified environments, including meeting relevant security, compliance, and accreditation requirements.
• Ensure execution across interdependent, multi-month epics and initiatives.
• Own architectural decisions that shape the long-term direction of our core systems.
• Define metrics aligned with critical company goals
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks, performance issues, and systemic risks in production environments.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business and product needs into well-crafted technical solutions.
• Mentor teams and senior engineers, define training plans, define standards for code, testing, design and review.
• Take ownership of systems, tools and processes that have broad company impact.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field OR equivalent industry experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Python, C++, or Rust, in production environments.
• Technical depth in distributed systems, backend services, or platform development.
• Demonstrated experience building and operating mission-critical services with uptime, reliability, and performance requirements
• Knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure (e.g., containers, service orchestration, observability stacks).
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading large technical initiatives.
• Active US security clearance; TS/SCI preferred.

Nice-to-have Skills

• Strongly preferred: Experience deploying and operating software infrastructure in classified environments.
• Familiarity with government accreditation processes (e.g., ATO, RMF) and DevSecOps in classified environments.
• Comfort working in a highly interdisciplinary environment with engineers, operators, and domain specialists.
• Familiarity with real-time data processing pipelines or high-throughput systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, or automated deployment workflows.
• Contributions to open-source projects or a track record of technical writing and knowledge sharing.

Salary

The salary range for this role is $228,000 - $252,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About Muon Space

Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data. Our revolutionary, integrated technology stack enables customers to optimize every dimension of their missions for faster time-to-orbit and superior constellation remote sensing performance. Our state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid, flexible payload integration at scale. From climate monitoring to national security, Muon Space is dedicated to delivering Earth Intelligence for a safer and more resilient world.

Taking Care of Our Team

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401k retirement plan
• Short & long term disability and life insurance
• Three weeks paid vacation for new employees
• 12 paid holidays
• Unlimited sick time
• Paid parental leave

Our mission embraces the entire planet and we believe our team should too.

We believe in equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

We value diversity in the workplace, and that starts with our applicants.

In addition, if you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.

Muon is currently registered and able to hire in the following states:AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, IA, ID, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA

ITAR/EAR Requirements

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. The Company may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.