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Fullstack Software Engineer (Platform)

Northwood Space · Torrance, CA · On-site

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About Northwood Space

Take space missions further faster. Backed by a16z.

About the role

You'll work across these areas and own more of them over time. Delivery: Build the CI and release systems that take code from commit to production in the cloud and at sites around the world, safely and repeatably. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience, writing production code in at least one general-purpose language (such as Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, or Java)
  • Has built backend services or APIs (such as REST or gRPC) that other systems or people depend on
  • CI/CD pipelines (such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins)
  • Containers and container orchestration (such as Docker and Kubernetes)
More about this role

Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company bringing the benefits of space to the masses through advanced communications technology. We are building a global network of phased array and parabolic ground stations that enable real-time, reliable communication for satellite missions such as national security, global connectivity, and disaster response. With a vertically integrated approach, Northwood designs, builds, and rapidly deploys scalable systems that power the next generation of space missions. If you like solving complex challenges and seeing your work deployed around the world with real impact, Northwood is the place to do it.

Northwood engineers and operators run hardware and software across a global network of antenna ground stations and the cloud services behind them. No one sells a platform for running a network like this at scale, so Northwood builds its own.

Platform Engineering builds the software that takes Northwood products from first prototype to full operation. That covers how code is built, tested, and released, how every site and service is monitored, and how hardware in remote locations is brought online, updated, and kept healthy. The problems span CI...

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