Take space missions further faster. Backed by a16z.
About the role
Own the build, test, and release frameworks used across Northwood's repos, including the build system, GitLab CI templates, artifact management, and versioning conventions. Provide paved paths like reusable pipelines and build components, with fast checks that fail early before expensive builds and tests. 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
- 8+ years of software or platform engineering experience, including 2+ years leading a team or workstream as a tech lead
- Demonstrated ownership of a CI/CD or build framework adopted by multiple teams with different toolchains, including how you drove adoption and what tradeoffs you made
- Experience building developer platforms or paved paths for engineering disciplines you weren't part of (e.g., software tooling consumed by firmware, hardware, or data teams)
- Strong proficiency in at least one systems language (Rust, Go, or C++) and Python
- Hands-on experience with GitLab CI or equivalent, container builds, and artifact management
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 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's software runs everywhere from the cloud to ground stations in the field, and every one of those deployments starts with a build. We're looking for a Tech Lead Manager to own the patterns Northwood's engineers use to build, test, and release software. This role creates the paved paths to build, test, and ship software across FPGA, embedded, DSP, cloud, and ground teams by providing build tooling, CI pipelines, release mechanics, and developer environments. You also own internal software development: the applications Northwood builds for itself,...
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