# Backend Software Engineer - Mission Planning Strategy

Wanna join the adventure? Loft Orbital is looking for a Backend Software Engineer to join the Mission Platform organization. You'll work on a small and driven team, developing a brand new software product that optimizes tasking across a large heterogeneous constellation of multi-sensor satellites: scale to fly 50+ satellites, serving 100,000s of customer tasking orders design, build and optimize a brand new product from scratch solve challenging problems across multiple domains: Astrodynamics, satellite capacity modeling and simulation Back-end/API performance Low latency, high responsiveness system design Mathematical optimization and scheduling problems We're looking for someone with a solid background in software engineering, ideally with a proven track record of building systems from scratch and solving complex, system-level problems. The ideal candidate can operate independently in a fast-paced environment and challenge requirements. About this role: Develop and improve a new software product that manages customer orders across a multi-sensor constellation of satellites Interface with teams to help design the customer-facing interfaces and the back-end pipeline that go

- **Id**: 3981435
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/loft-orbital-backend-software-engineer-mission-planning-strategy>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Toulouse, France
- **Countries**: FR
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T14:51:25Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T17:40:41Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3526
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible schedule, Life insurance, Relocation assistance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Satellite Manufacturing, Space Services

## Company

- **Id**: 4539
- **Name**: Loft Orbital
- **Domain**: loftorbital.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/loft-orbital-solutions>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 86
- **Open postings**: 8
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.375
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 85
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **Python** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **Django** — Optional: yes
- **GraphQL** — Optional: yes
- **Numba** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T19:53:41Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 85
- **Reasons**: conf:5, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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