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About the role
Loft Orbital is looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Mission Operations Services (MOS) team. MOS owns the backend services that let Loft operators and customers command, monitor, and automate our satellite fleet through Cockpit, our mission control system. You’ll help build and scale the microservices that sit between ground and flight software, turning high-level intent into safe, reliable on-orbit operations.
What they're looking for
- 4+ years of relevant backend software engineering experience in production environments
- Solid Python development experience in a production environment
- Experience with Docker and container‑based development
- Hands‑on experience with backend web development frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, FastAPI, etc.)
- Proven API design skills (designing, documenting, and maintaining HTTP/GraphQL/REST‑style APIs)
More about this role
Loft Orbital is looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Mission Operations Services (MOS) team. MOS owns the backend services that let Loft operators and customers command, monitor, and automate our satellite fleet through Cockpit, our mission control system. You’ll help build and scale the microservices that sit between ground and flight software, turning high-level intent into safe, reliable on-orbit operations.
You’ll work across multiple satellite platforms and collaborate closely with backend, flight software, embedded systems, test, and satellite operations teams. This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll both build new systems and help debug live missions. We also offer SatDevOps training, so you don’t just write the tools - you actually use them to operate spacecraft.
If you’re excited about building backend systems that directly control satellites - and you like the idea of both shipping code and helping fly missions - we’d love to hear from you.
- Design and build backend tools for operations : services that power passes, autopilots, activities, and day‑to‑day satellite operations.
- Handle commands and telemetry across multiple satellite buses and ground...
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