# Lead Software Engineer at Northwood Space

- Company: Northwood Space
- What the company does: Take space missions further faster. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.northwoodspace.io
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Torrance, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $174K to $260K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/northwoodspace/ad3d19b2-114e-4096-810e-64f289c862db
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/northwood-space-lead-software-engineer/

## About the role

Lead the Cloud team: set technical direction, mentor engineers, drive execution, and own delivery of Northwood's cloud services end to end Design and develop Northwood's cloud-based booking and reservation system for global antenna network access

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years of professional software development experience
- 3+ years building and scaling cloud-based services and APIs in production environments
- Experience leading engineering teams or projects as a tech lead, with a track record of mentoring engineers and driving technical direction
- Experience with distributed scheduling systems, resource allocation, or booking platforms
- Proficiency in modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
- Rust, Golang, Haskell, etc

Tags: Engineering