Design, build, and operate mission-optimized satellite constellations with Muon Space. Backed by Air Street.
About the role
Muon is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and help scale our core platforms. In this role, you'll design foundational architecture, ship customer-facing features with real, immediate impact, and tackle a wide range of complex technical challenges. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field OR equivalent industry experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Python, C++, or Rust, in production environments
- Experience in distributed systems, backend services, or platform development
- Demonstrated experience building and operating mission-critical services with uptime, reliability, and performance requirements
- Knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure (e.g., containers, service orchestration, observability stacks)
- Strong debugging, profiling, and code optimization skills
More about this role
Muon is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and help scale our core platforms. In this role, you'll design foundational architecture, ship customer-facing features with real, immediate impact, and tackle a wide range of complex technical challenges.
You'll work within a tight-knit team that values open communication, cross-functional collaboration, and moving quickly without cutting corners. You'll partner closely with other engineering teams to translate business needs into reliable, well-crafted solutions. Whether you're building something from scratch or improving what already exists, you'll have a direct hand in shaping the systems our customers depend on every day.
This position is hybrid and requires working on-site in our San Jose, CA office three days per week.
- Design, build, and evolve high-performance systems that are scalable, resilient, and reliable.
- Work across the stack, and cross-functionally to deliver end-to-end platform capabilities.
- Contribute to architectural decisions that shape the long-term direction of our core systems.
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks, performance issues, and systemic risks in production environments.
- Partner...
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