Senior Platform and Tooling Software Engineer, Loft Orbital
$140.3-190k
Office located in San Francisco, CA or Golden, CO
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
$140.3-190k
Office located in San Francisco, CA or Golden, CO
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make space simple for organizations that need Earth observation capabilities.
Role
Who you are
- Strong Software Engineering Background: Proficiency in a modern programming language (e.g., Python, Go, or similar). You care deeply about performance, testing, maintainability, and code quality
- Experience with Distributed Systems: Knowledge of designing and running large-scale, microservices-based systems with high availability and resiliency in mind
- Tooling & Automation: Proven track record of creating and supporting developer productivity tools (CI/CD pipelines, IaaC, observability stacks)
- Multi-Cloud Expertise: Experience managing systems that bridge multiple public clouds, including networking and authorization across cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and designing systems in a cloud provider agnostic manner
- Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communication skills to liaise effectively with cross-functional stakeholders and deliver complex technical solutions in a clear, concise manner
- Problem-Solving Mindset: Resourceful, curious, and comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment. You’re ready to mentor others, challenge assumptions, and champion improvements
- As our team is international, you will need strong English skills to better collaborate, easily communicate complex ideas and convey important messages
Desirable
- Security-First Approach: Exposure to vulnerability scanning, threat modeling, or broader DevSecOps principles
- GitOps and Observability: Familiarity with Argo, FluxCD, or advanced Grafana-based observability
- FinOps: Experience optimizing cloud spend in large-scale environments
- Satellite Operations or IoT: A background in space systems, embedded systems, or IoT solutions is helpful (but not required!)
What the job involves
- As a Senior Platform and Tooling Software Engineer on our Cloud Infrastructure Team, you will design, build, and maintain core platform services, internal developer tools, and scalable infrastructure supporting Loft Orbital’s growing set of satellite missions
- You will collaborate with multi-functional teams, spanning software development, satellite operations, and DevOps, to ensure our systems and tools are robust, efficient, and easy to use
- This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and help build modern automated space infrastructure
- Architect and Build Core Platform Services: Design and implement backend services, APIs, and libraries that power Loft Orbital’s multi-cloud infrastructure and support a wide range of satellite missions
- Develop Internal Tooling: Create and maintain tools, frameworks, and automation solutions to streamline software development lifecycles (CI/CD), observability, and deployment across multi-cloud environments
- Optimize Distributed Systems: Tackle the complexity of large-scale, high-availability systems, ensuring they are robust, scalable, and fault-tolerant in multi-region and multi-cloud setups
- Foster Collaboration: Partner with engineering and operations teams to understand their workflow pain points, then develop or enhance tools to improve productivity, reliability, and performance
- Enable Self-Service: Provide clear documentation, training, and guidance to empower teams to effectively utilize the services and tools you build
- Champion Best Practices: Advocate for Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps principles, performance optimizations, and reliability patterns throughout the organization
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.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2025
$190.6m
SERIES C
Sep 2021
$140m
SERIES B
Total funding: $347.5m
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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