Senior Data Engineer, Slingshot Aerospace
Platform
$155-190k
Stock Options
More information about location
Space data solution
Job no longer available
Space data solution
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$155-190k
Stock Options
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make space safe and secure by closing the loop from observation to decision to execution.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience architecting and developing products and solutions for data processing and analytics, business process management, or time-series based software
- Strong engineering background, with experience implementing resilient and redundant event-driven microservices architectures with high observability
- Proficiency with programming languages such as Python, Java/Kotlin, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages
- Significant experience with containerization and Kubernetes orchestration
- Demonstrated knowledge with data lakes including AWS S3 implementations
- Experience with data warehouses and OLAP frameworks such as Redshift, Pinot, Druid
- Experience with data pipelines such as Airflow, Prefect, Argo
- Experience working with streaming data systems including Kafka
- Experience with data management/catalog framework such as OpenMetadata
- Experience with other AWS services such as EC2, EKS, etc
- Skill and comfort working in a rapidly moving startup environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with users
Desirable
- Use of AI/ML frameworks such as Ray/KubeRay
- Scalable SaaS/PaaS Experience
- Professional AWS certifications
- Familiar with building cloud-agnostic, on-prem capable distributed systems
- DoD / Intelligence Community / Federal Government experience a plus but not required
- Early-stage data-centric startup experience
What the job involves
- As a Senior Data Engineer, you will work with the Platform team to design and build scalable, reliable, and maintainable solutions that contribute to Slingshot Aerospace’s product offerings
- You will be involved in every part of solution development, from ideation and design to development and deployment
- You will work closely with other teams to find, evaluate and leverage new technologies and solve complex problems
- Assist in design, implementation, operations, and improvements to the Data ingest, processing, analytics, and governance Platform
- Work with application, data, and science teams to leverage, process, and analyze data through traditional algorithms and evolving AI/ML models and implementations
- Proactively support data management/cataloging and governance across the organization through collaboration, documentation, and specific frameworks/tools
- Participate in Agile software develop and deployment processes
- Mentor junior and mid-level software engineers via pair programming
- Perform other duties as assigned (to be less than 10% of the responsibilities listed above)
- Executes all position responsibilities in alignment with Slingshot’s core values, mission, and purpose
Our take
Despite years of research and exploration, we are still limited in what we know about space. Slingshot Aerospace is a company looking to deepen the understanding of space through advanced analytics, machine learning, computer vision and collaborative tools.
With the growing number of satellites, vast amounts of orbital debris and more nations competing for superiority, the space domain is only getting more complex. Slingshot therefore has bolstered its capabilities through acquisitions which granted it access to a satellite and launch database and optical sensing network for satellite tracking.
Substantial funding has supported the company's ongoing project to create a "digital space twin", and its progress is increasingly being recognized at the highest levels. Most recently, it was named on Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies for 2026, highlighting both its technical ambition and real-world impac.t Already working closely with organizations such as NASA and the US Air Force, the company is truly cementing its role as a critical player in the evolving space domain.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2025
$1.9m
GRANT
Sep 2024
$30m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $115.1m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan to support long-term savings
- Flexible PTO to recharge and stay balanced
- Stock options for long-term alignment and ownership
- Remote-first culture with offices in Windsor, CO and Cornwall, UK
Company HQ
El Segundo, CA
Leadership
Tim Solms
(CEO & Board Director)Alongside serving as Slingshot Aerospace's CEO, Tim is a Chairman on the Board of Directors at 4C Strategies and a President on the Board of Directors at HondaJet Owners and Pilots Association. Prior to joining Slingshot in 2024, he was an EVP & GM of the Public Sector at Dun & Bradstreet.
Scott Humphrys
(COO)Prior to joining Slingshot Aerospace in 2026, Scott was the COO of Connect Housing Blocks. Before that, he spent 5 years at Serco, joining as a Senior Consultant before moving into the role of Deputy Director and then Director.
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