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Senior Full Stack Engineer

Inversion Space · Playa Vista, California, United States · On-site

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About Inversion Space

Making Space a Transportation Layer for Earth. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer at Inversion, you will define and build the internal software tools that help our engineering teams innovate, make better decisions, and operate more effectively. You will own the development of internal applications across the stack, from intuitive user interfaces to backend services and integrations.

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production-quality software systems
  • Strong front-end development experience with TypeScript/Javascript and frameworks like React
  • Experience developing backend systems, APIs, or internal tools using technologies such as Python, Node.js, or Go
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design, testing, debugging, code quality, and maintainability
  • Familiarity with Linux development environments and basic CI/CD workflows
  • An innovative and optimistic approach to an environment with high ambiguity, shifting priorities, and loosely defined problem spaces
More about this role

Inversion is an aerospace and defense company pioneering advanced reentry technology to enable next-generation capabilities from space. By combining high-performance materials, precision aerodynamics, and mission-driven autonomy, Inversion is transforming reentry into an operational capability for an entirely new class of missions.

The company’s highly maneuverable reentry spacecraft, Arc, is designed for rapid global cargo delivery, hypersonic testing, and other national security missions that require precise, controlled flight through the atmosphere. Arc creates an entirely new transportation domain, unlocking unprecedented speed and global reach.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Inversion designs, manufactures, and integrates its spacecraft under one roof, enabling the company to move rapidly from concept to flight. The company is backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, Spark Capital, and Lockheed Martin Ventures, with customers across the U.S. government and commercial space industry.

Inversion builds advanced reentry systems to deliver next-generation capabilities from space.

Our mission is to make Earth radically more accessible by turning Low-Earth Orbit into an...

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