Full Stack Engineer, Astranis
$120-150k
+ Equity
3+ 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
$120-150k
+ Equity
3+ 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 of professional experience as a full-stack software engineer (excluding internships)
- Strong proficiency with Python and experience developing tools for hardware or embedded systems
- Proficiency with JavaScript or TypeScript, ideally with experience using React to build web-based user interfaces
- Experience building and maintaining REST APIs and backend services
- Comfortable working in Linux, using shell tools, and managing source control with Git
- Experience with SQL/relational databases (e.g., Postgres)
- Experience with test instrumentation, schematics, and debugging interfaces between software and hardware
- Strong understanding of automated test strategies and validation workflows for embedded or hardware-integrated systems
Desirable
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized deployments
- Familiarity with design systems and rapid UI prototyping for internal tooling
- Background in satellite operations, aerospace, or real-time telemetry systems
- Experience building and deploying sw for a manufacturing environment
- Experience reading datasheets, debugging analog/digital interfaces, and working with tools like oscilloscopes or logic analyzers
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly capable Full-Stack Engineer to build the software systems that enable automated testing, manufacturing, and real-time control of our flight hardware and spacecraft. You will work across disciplines—hardware, embedded, operations, production, and software—to design full-stack applications that automate and validate critical flight components and support test, integration, and ground control
- This is a high-impact, multidisciplinary role. You’ll own the development of internal tools used to test, operate, and monitor spacecraft—ranging from low-level hardware interfaces to web-based control panels for telemetry and command operations
- Design and implement software systems that support automated testing of hardware components and spacecraft systems
- Own UI and backend development for internal tools used in test infrastructure, manufacturing and spacecraft operations
- Write robust, scalable software interfaces for electrical and embedded systems, including drivers for test instrumentation and ground support equipment
- Develop component- and system-level automated test infrastructure using Python and full-stack tools
- Work closely with satellite operators and manufacturing technicians to build UI workflows that streamline mission operations, command execution, and telemetry visualization
- Drive cross-functional collaboration on software architecture, technical design, and hardware/software test strategy
- Contribute to recruiting and interviewing efforts as we scale the team
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.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
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 HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
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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