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Loft Orbital

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<div>Loft Orbital is looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Mission Operations Services (MOS) team.  MOS owns the backend services that let Loft operators and customers command, monitor, and automate our satellite fleet through Cockpit, our mission control system. You’ll help build and scale the microservices that sit between ground and flight software, turning high-level intent into safe, reliable on-orbit operations.</div><div><br></div><div>You’ll work across multiple satellite platforms and collaborate closely with backend, flight software, embedded systems, test, and satellite operations teams. This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll both build new systems and help debug live missions.  We also offer SatDevOps training, so you don’t just write the tools - you actually use them to operate spacecraft.</div><div><br></div><div>If you’re excited about building backend systems that directly control satellites - and you like the idea of both shipping code and helping fly missions - we’d love to hear from you.</div><br/><br/>Loft Orbital is looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Mission Operations Services (MOS) team.  MOS owns the backend services that let Loft operators and customers command, monitor, and automate our satellite fleet through Cockpit, our mission control system. You’ll help build and scale the microservices that sit between ground and flight software, turning high-level intent into safe, reliable on-orbit operations.

You’ll work across multiple satellite platforms and collaborate closely with backend, flight software, embedded systems, test, and satellite operations teams. This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll both build new systems and help debug live missions.  We also offer SatDevOps training, so you don’t just write the tools - you actually use them to operate spacecraft.

If you’re excited about building backend systems that directly control satellites - and you like the idea of both shipping code and helping fly missions - we’d love to hear from you.
<br/><br/><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">State law requires us to share the posted base compensation range for this role. Final compensation will be determined based on your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. The salary range is intentionally broad to account for differences in experience and scope, as well as geographic market variations in pay. We evaluate each candidate individually to ensure alignment between their background, the role’s responsibilities, and local market benchmarks.&nbsp;Most importantly, we are excited to meet you, and see if you are a great fit for our team. What we&nbsp;</span><i style="font-size: 13.3333px;">can’t&nbsp;</i><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">quantify for you are the exciting challenges, supportive team, and amazing culture we enjoy.</span></div><br/><br/><b>About this Role</b><br/><li><b>Design and build backend tools for operations</b>: services that power passes, autopilots, activities, and day‑to‑day satellite operations.</li><li><b>Handle commands and telemetry</b> across multiple satellite buses and ground segment providers, with a strong focus on safety, robustness, and observability.</li><li><b>Write production backend code</b> in Python, owning services end‑to‑end from design and implementation through deployment and maintenance.</li><li><b>Collaborate with flight software, embedded software, integration and test, and space infrastructure teams</b> to integrate new satellite buses and capabilities into Cockpit.</li><li><b>Support internal users of Cockpit</b> (operators, test engineers, solutions engineers) by improving APIs, workflows, and debugging tools.</li><li><b>Have the opportunity to take part in spacecraft operations</b> through SatDevOps rotations, occasionally helping investigate anomalies and supporting real‑time incident response when needed.</li><br/><br/><b>Must Haves:</b><br/><li>Solid Python development experience in a production environment.</li><li>Experience with Docker and container‑based development.</li><li>Hands‑on experience with backend web development frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, FastAPI, etc.).</li><li>Proven API design skills (designing, documenting, and maintaining HTTP/GraphQL/REST‑style APIs).</li><br/><br/><b>Nice to Haves:</b><br/><li>Experience with Django and/or GraphQL.</li><li>Strong database fundamentals and practical experience (e.g., Postgres, time‑series DBs).</li><li>Exposure to Kubernetes in production.</li><li>Familiarity with InfluxDB / TimescaleDB or other time‑series systems.</li><li>Background in mission‑critical, distributed, or real‑time systems (space or otherwise).</li><br/><br/><div><b>Who We Are:</b></div><div><br></div><div>Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit.</div><div><br></div><div>We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loft’s flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.</div><div><br></div><div>With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure.</div>

Backend Engineer - Mission Operations Services

Backend Engineer

Solid Python development, Docker, backend frameworks (Django/Flask/FastAPI), API design, and space operations experience.

<div>Loft Orbital is looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Data Management Services (DMS) team.</div><div>DMS owns the Cockpit backend services that move payload data from our satellites to our customers. The team builds and maintains the services that ingest data from ground stations, process and categorize it, track it end‑to‑end, and deliver it reliably to internal tools and external endpoints.</div><div><br></div><div>You’ll help design and scale the microservices and data pipelines that sit between ground segment, satellite operations, and customer deliveries - turning raw on‑orbit data into usable products. You’ll work closely with backend, ground software, flight software, space infrastructure, and customer operations teams, and you’ll have a direct impact on how quickly and reliably customers receive their data.  We also offer SatDevOps training, so you don’t just write the tools - you actually use them to operate spacecraft.</div><div><br></div><div>If you’re excited about building backend systems that move and transform satellite data at scale - and you like the idea of both shipping code and seeing how it performs in real operations - we’d love to hear from you.</div><br/><br/>Loft Orbital is looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Data Management Services (DMS) team.
DMS owns the Cockpit backend services that move payload data from our satellites to our customers. The team builds and maintains the services that ingest data from ground stations, process and categorize it, track it end‑to‑end, and deliver it reliably to internal tools and external endpoints.

You’ll help design and scale the microservices and data pipelines that sit between ground segment, satellite operations, and customer deliveries - turning raw on‑orbit data into usable products. You’ll work closely with backend, ground software, flight software, space infrastructure, and customer operations teams, and you’ll have a direct impact on how quickly and reliably customers receive their data.  We also offer SatDevOps training, so you don’t just write the tools - you actually use them to operate spacecraft.

If you’re excited about building backend systems that move and transform satellite data at scale - and you like the idea of both shipping code and seeing how it performs in real operations - we’d love to hear from you.
<br/><br/><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">State law requires us to share the posted base compensation range for this role. Final compensation will be determined based on your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. The salary range is intentionally broad to account for differences in experience and scope, as well as geographic market variations in pay. We evaluate each candidate individually to ensure alignment between their background, the role’s responsibilities, and local market benchmarks.&nbsp;Most importantly, we are excited to meet you, and see if you are a great fit for our team. What we&nbsp;</span><i style="font-size: 13.3333px;">can’t&nbsp;</i><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">quantify for you are the exciting challenges, supportive team, and amazing culture we enjoy.</span></div><br/><br/><b>About this Role:</b><br/><li><b>Design and build backend services for data ingest, processing, and delivery</b> that move payload data from ground stations and other sources into Cockpit and out to customer endpoints.</li><li><b>Implement and improve data pipelines and APIs</b> with a strong focus on data correctness, traceability, performance, and reliability.</li><li><b>Own and evolve backend components</b> such as connectors, processing jobs, and delivery services that other Cockpit teams and customer‑facing tools depend on.</li><li><b>Collaborate with other Cockpit teams and stakeholders</b> (mission management, mission operations, space infrastructure, customer operations) to make sure on‑orbit tasking and ground data flows work smoothly together.</li><li><b>Support internal users of Cockpit’s data services</b> by improving APIs, debugging tricky data issues, and strengthening observability (metrics, logs, dashboards).</li><li><b>Have the opportunity to take part in spacecraft operations</b> through SatDevOps rotations, occasionally helping investigate data‑related anomalies and supporting real‑time incident response when needed.</li><br/><br/><b>Must Haves:</b><br/><li>Strong Python development experience in a production environment.</li><li>Experience with Docker and container‑based development.</li><li>Hands‑on experience with backend web development frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, FastAPI, etc.).</li><li>Proven API design skills (designing, documenting, and maintaining HTTP/GraphQL/REST‑style APIs).</li><li>Practical experience working with databases and data‑centric backend services.</li><br/><br/><b>Nice to Haves:</b><br/><li>Experience with Django and/or GraphQL.</li><li>Strong database fundamentals and experience with Postgres or similar relational databases.</li><li>Exposure to time‑series or analytical data systems (e.g., InfluxDB, TimescaleDB, or similar).</li><li>Experience building or operating data pipelines (batch or streaming) and large‑volume data processing systems.</li><li>Exposure to Kubernetes and cloud‑native deployments in production.</li><li>Background in mission‑critical, distributed, or real‑time systems, especially data‑intensive ones (space or otherwise).</li><li>Experience collaborating with international, distributed teams across time zones and cultures.</li><br/><br/><div><b>Who We Are:  </b>Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit.</div><div><br></div><div>We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loft’s flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.</div><div><br></div><div>With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure.</div>

Backend Engineer - Data Management Services

Strong Python, Docker, backend frameworks (Django/Flask/FastAPI), API design, databases; experience with data ingest, processing, and delivery.

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