Software Engineer, Astranis
Infrastructure
$130-170k
+ Equity
5 days a week in office
Next generation satellite broadband service
Be an early applicant
Next generation satellite broadband service
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$130-170k
+ Equity
5 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To give the 4 billion people without access to internet the ability to get online.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years experience in Infrastructure and DevOps engineering
- Bachelor of Science in a related discipline (e.g. Information Technology, Computer Science)
- Strong proficiency with scripting languages including: python, bash, tcl, groovy, or data storage languages like yaml, json
- Experience with scaling build systems such as, but not limited to: Bazel, CMake, or Pants
- Experience with Git
- Experience setting up and maintaining GCP or AWS cloud machines
- Experience developing a CI pipeline for software targeting in-house designed hardware
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Highly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties autonomously without much supervision
Desirable
- Strong systems programming knowledge in languages such as C or C++
- Experience with Linux build systems such as Yocto
- Experience with code coverage reporting
- Experience with static analysis tools
What the job involves
- As a Software Engineer - Infrastructure, you will be one of the first hires to drive our DevOps and Infrastructure architecture and help us scale from one satellite to commanding a fleet of satellites.
- You will partner with our Flight Software and broader Software engineering organization to operate, scale, and automate operations for our embedded software and platform development.
- This includes command & control systems, telemetry databases, continuous integration systems, flight code build systems, and other software systems critical to our mission and both commercial and US Government programs
- You will improve the state of operations for key software systems at Astranis, with respect to reliability, maintainability as we expand to a fleet of satellites and their supporting services
- Develop software tools to gain insights into mission-critical software performance and correctness
- Maintain and streamline a CI pipeline integrating with a mix of real and simulated hardware
- Automate release, deployment, and monitoring tooling for development and production systems
- Lead initiatives that improve the speed and accuracy of software teams in developing space-worthy software
- Implement and own the proliferation of metrics and performance tracking in development, CI, production, and mission contexts
- Work closely with the IT team to procure either cloud compute or on premises physical machines
- Maintain and updates installations for development tools
- Help automate test scripts and procedures
Our take
Internet access is swiftly becoming a core feature of modern life across the world - as of 2021, nearly 60% of the global population were active internet users, and the number is only set to climb. Looking to facilitate and benefit from this are Astranis, who have developed advanced small-form factor satellite technology (similar to SpaceX) to improve satellite internet access across the world.
This has proven an astronomically successful proposition with an overwhelming demand from global customers, including a partnership to triple data speeds across the state of Alaska. This is no surprise, as provision of basic internet capabilities is in the interests of industry, governments, and the population at large.
With a valuation of $1.6 billion, the company's April 2023 injection of capital is set to ensure the company meets its production demands. Its satellite method is already groundbreaking and the company's first one launched in 2023. Two more launches are scheduled for 2024.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2024
$200m
SERIES D
Apr 2023
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $603.7m
Company benefits
- An equity stake in the company
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited vacation days
- Healthy, delicious, free lunch catered in every day
- Complementary OneMedical membership
- Great office chairs, stand-up desks, and a machine shop
- Reimbursement to spend on commuting from outside SF
- Generous, fully-paid parental leave
Company values
- Master your craft - We take pride in our work and go the extra mile
- Step up - We are unapologetically ambitious and take on great responsibility
- Stay curious - We seek out new knowledge and are happy to teach others what we know
- Assume good - We assume the best of intentions and communicate with kindness and candor
- Take the time - We level up not just at work but beyond — mind, body, spirit, family, community
- Space is hard - We are resilient in the face of adversity and get help when needed
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
John Gedmark
(CEO)John co-founded the Roosevelt Institute think tank in 2004 before working as Director of Flight Operations at X Prize Foundation for 2 years. He co-founded Commercial Spaceflight Federation in 2007, before co-founding Astranis in 2015, serving as CEO.
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