Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Loft Orbital
$150-250k
Space infrastructure for companies, governments, and institutions
Job no longer available
Space infrastructure for companies, governments, and institutions
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$150-250k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make space simple for organizations that need Earth observation capabilities.
Role
Who you are
- Proficiency and technical experience in public cloud infrastructure (preferably in GCP)
- Proficiency in Kubernetes architecture, deployment, operations and resource optimisation
- Experience in designing and architecting reliable, scalable systems
- First experience with Software Define Network solutions
- Experience with implementing and supporting observability stacks, preferably with a focus on Grafana solutions
- Experience with at least one of those programming languages: Go, Python, Rust, C/C++, Java
- Proficiency in DevOps methodology and practices. Experience with CI/CD, IaaC
- A firm belief in the power of innovation as a key driver of success and growth. A passion for staying ahead of the curve in a highly technical, fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication skills and ease at working in multi cultural environment
- Ability to solve problems and make decisions with a proactive, results-oriented mindset
Desirable
- Familiar with GitOps (Argo, FluxCD), FinOps, Grafana stacks, Orchestration in space constraints
- Knowledge of system engineering software tools
- Interested in Security subjects. Experience in using vulnerability scanning tools and methods to detect and mitigate security risks
What the job involves
- As part of Site Reliability team team you will be responsible for keeping our ground segment infrastructure reliable, scalable and maintainable
- You will be closely working with the development, operations, IT teams to ensure integration, delivery and reliability of our services
- This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting edge technology and help build modern automated space infrastructure
- DevOps philosophy is spread all across our mindset, including satellite operations. We offer SatDevOps training to empower you operate our spacecraft
- Work with both developers and satellite operator teams with a focus on developing SatDevOps culture
- Support our internal team through effective diagnosis, implementation of new investigation tools, to increase productivity and performance
- Design, implement and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure
- Develop and design a better dev experience
- Improve our observability stack and its usability
- Automate and optimise our delivery system, infrastructure provisioning etc
- Help implementing and educating over best practices for software development and monitoring
Our take
The use of satellites was once confined to governmental services and communication giants, but recent innovations in satellite deployment have provided new opportunities for businesses to operate satellite fleets. Whilst this allows them to develop IoT products and provide rapid connectivity services to their customers, accessing the technology and resources needed to launch satellite buses is expensive, complex, and dependent on aerospace expertise.
Loft Orbital deploys space infrastructure as a service, providing businesses with rapid, reliable, and simplified access to space technologies. The company focuses on shielding its customers from the complexities of aerospace missions, allowing them to provide satellite-driven products to their customers without requiring expensive consultants, infrastructure, and inventories.
Whilst the company will face significant competition with satellite deployment giants such as SpaceX, Loft Orbital stands out with its turnkey approach, ultimately increasing accessibility and reducing the complexities associated with satellite-driven services. This has positioned it as an approachable partner for clients including Arabsat, which represents satellite monitoring for the entirety of the Arab League, and more recently, Esper Satellites which will be flying their four flagship payloads on Loft's buses.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2025
$191.9m
SERIES C
Sep 2021
$140m
SERIES B
Total funding: $348.9m
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Pierre-Damien Vaujour
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experience as Aerospace System Engineer for the NASA Ames Research Center's Commercial Partnerships and Mission Design Center. Head of Data Product and Business Development for Spire Global, Inc. from 2013 to 2016.
Alex Greenberg
(Co-Founder & COO)Experience as Engagement Manager for Avascent from 2010 to 2014. Worked in Business Development for Spire from 2014 to 2016.
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