Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Loft Orbital
$180-240k
Providing simple, fast, and reliable ways to deploy missions to low Earth orbit.
Open for applications
Providing simple, fast, and reliable ways to deploy missions to low Earth orbit.
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$180-240k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make space simple for organizations that need Earth observation capabilities.
Role
Who you are
- Strong experience with public cloud infrastructure, ideally GCP
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes, architecture, deployment, ops, and resource optimization
- Demonstrated ability to design and build scalable, highly available systems
- Familiarity with Software Defined Networking (SDN) concepts and tools
- Experience implementing and maintaining observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, etc.)
- Proficiency in at least one backend language: Go, Python, Rust, C/C++, or Java
- Deep understanding and hands-on experience with DevOps practices: CI/CD, infrastructure as code (IaC), and automation
- Proven track record of working in fast-paced, high-growth technical environments
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to operate independently with a proactive, results-driven mindset
- Strong communication skills; thrives in a multicultural, cross-functional team
- We value kind, supportive and team-oriented collaborators. It is also crucial for us that you are a problem solver and a great communicator
- As our team is international, you will need strong English skills to better collaborate, easily communicate complex ideas and convey important messages
Desirable
- Hands-on experience with GitOps frameworks (ArgoCD, FluxCD)
- Interest or experience in FinOps and cost-optimized architectures
- Understanding of orchestration in resource-constrained environments, like space systems
- Knowledge of systems engineering tools and SDLC governance
- Familiarity with security practices, vulnerability scanning, threat detection, risk mitigation
What the job involves
- As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on our Cloud Infrastructure Team, you’ll play a pivotal role in maintaining and scaling our ground segment infrastructure. You’ll collaborate across development, operations, and IT to ensure the integration, delivery, and reliability of services that support our space operations on Earth and in orbit
- This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and help build modern automated space infrastructure. This is not your typical SRE role, we apply DevOps principles even to spacecraft control. Yes, we call it SatDevOps, and we’ll train you to operate our satellites!
- Collaborate with developers and satellite operators to foster a strong SatDevOps culture
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure in a hybrid cloud environment
- Improve our developer experience by building better tools, workflows, and environments
- Lead efforts to automate and optimize systems, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure provisioning (IaC), and deployment workflows
- Own and evolve our observability stack (metrics, tracing, logs) to improve usability and performance. Grafana-centric ecosystems are a plus
- Implement and advocate for best practices in software reliability, fault tolerance, and performance tuning
- Proactively identify, investigate, and resolve system reliability issues, performing root cause analyses and implementing long-term fixes
- Partner with teams to design and operate Software Defined Network (SDN) solutions
- Contribute to a collaborative and inclusive team culture where respectful debate and continuous learning are celebrated
Application process
- As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
42% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2025
$197.8m
SERIES C
Sep 2021
$140m
SERIES B
Total funding: $354.8m
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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