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Through our proprietary global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform, we collect millions of measurements daily on more than 25,000 objects in low Earth orbit (LEO). Our radar-powered intelligence protects billions in assets, monitors adversarial behavior, and ensures safe operations for commercial and government missions.\nWe’re not just building technology, we are redefining global security, safety, and transparency in space. As orbital activity accelerates and threats grow more complex, LeoLabs is a trusted partner for Space Domain Awareness, Space Traffic Management, and Satellite Operations for top-tier space operators and allied defense organizations.\nIf you're looking to work on mission-critical challenges at the forefront of aerospace, national security, and AI, your impact starts here.\n\nThe Opportunity:\nWe are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Full Stack Software Engineer to join our team at LeoLabs. You will be an integral contributor to our cross-functional Insights team. This is a highly collaborative team of approximately 8 engineers and a key part of the broader, 40-person software engineering organization. The Insights team is responsible for customer-facing analytics and integrations with customer systems. This includes user interfaces, integrations between APIs, deploying code to the cloud and to on-site environments, and LeoLabs’ data lake. The team leverages services built and maintained by other teams, including radar development and operations and catalog maintenance.\nYou will be responsible for building and delivering business services, APIs and customer facing applications and integrations to support our mission. Your work will facilitate delivery of mission-critical data, empowering customers to make real-time operational decisions that protect and manage objects in low-earth orbit. This role requires solid hands-on experience in both API and service development and the development of rich, interactive user interfaces, with the ability to deliver features across both layers.\nQualifications:\nB.S., M.S in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience\nProven experience (3+ years) as a Software Engineer in a fast-paced software development environment.\nExtensive experience designing, building, testing, deploying and maintaining cloud-based software services and APIs, including those supporting customer-facing applications.\nSolid experience designing, building and testing rich, interactive user interfaces using TypeScript or JavaScript, HTML, CSS and a modern front-end framework, including integration with back-end APIs and services.\nSignificant expertise in one or more of the following programming languages: Python, Go, C++.\nStrong knowledge of software development and testing methodologies, best practices, and industry standards.\nExperience with cloud environments like AWS/GCP/Azure.\nExperience with databases like Postgres/MySQL.\nExperience building message-driven applications with tools such as Kafka, RabbitMq and SQS.\nSolid understanding of Agile workflows and principles.\nStrong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders.\nAbility to work on-call outside of normal business hours during critical escalations.\nEligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Personnel Security Clearance\nPreferred qualifications:\nFamiliarity with deploying and managing applications in Kubernetes, including container orchestration, scaling, and monitoring in cloud environments.\nBackground in Math/Physics, AI/ML, or Orbital mechanics. \nActive US security clearance.\nWithin 1 month, you’ll:\nComplete our onboarding program designed to get you up to speed on our business, vision, and team.\nSuccessfully set up local dev environment, tools, and access.\nAttend sprint ceremonies and shadow code reviews to begin ramping up on Insights codebase and processes.\nComplete first small, low-risk changes or documentation updates under guidance.\nWithin 3 months, you’ll:\nUnderstand core architecture and dependencies for Insights products.\nBegin tackling small-to-medium scoped features with coaching and mentoring support from peers.\nWork comfortably within the team’s agile processes and contribute to task planning and estimation.\nWithin 6 months, you’ll:\nDemonstrate solid grasp of team’s architecture, dependencies, and operational practices.\nActively contribute to software deliverables with some coaching and mentoring, consistently shipping well-tested, reliable code.\nOwn and drive deliverables to completion, including design and implementation of scoped work.\nWithin 12 months, you’ll:\nDemonstrate full proficiency in the team’s tech stack and operational practices.\nDeliver complex features end-to-end with minimal oversight.\nAct as a trusted peer through code reviews and helping shape technical discussions and decisions\nProactively identify continuous improvement opportunities across the codebase\nCompensation\nThis position is benchmarked to San Francisco CA Bay Area with a base salary range of $$118,000-$$139,000 plus bonus and equity. Actual base salary will be determined based on the candidate’s work location, experience, skills, and other applicable factors.\nPerks and Benefits\n100 USD monthly wellness benefit to support your health and well-being\n$300 USD home office setup stipend, available for use within your first six months\n$75 USD monthly home internet allowance, paid directly through your regular paycheck\nIndividual Development Fund to support training, learning, and professional development\nEmployee Recognition Program to celebrate contributions and achievements across the team\nEmployee Referral Program so you can help us connect with great talent\nAnd much more!\n\nITAR Requirements \nTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. More information regarding ITAR can be found at DDTC’s website. \n\nVendor Notification\nLeoLabs does not engage external staffing agencies or third-party recruiting firms for this role. Unsolicited candidate submissions will not be considered.\nWe are committed to maintaining a respectful and inclusive workplace where employees are valued for their skills, experience, and contributions. 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