Senior Application Data Engineer

K2 Space

$160K — $200K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or STEM discipline, or 12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong experience with data modeling and schema design.
  • Proficient in data migration processes including ETL and real-time data replication.
  • 8+ years with structured databases like MS SQL and PostgreSQL.
  • 5+ years with hosted database solutions, specifically AWS RDS.
  • 3+ years working with CI/CD deployment strategies.
  • Familiarity with containerization through Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes.
  • 3+ years of experience in NoSQL databases like MongoDB.

Responsibilities

  • Develop reliable data solutions across K2 Space's operations.
  • Improve data design for spacecraft development and operations.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and solve challenges.
  • Own data solutions from conception to final product.
  • Lead data architecture design, ensuring optimization and integrity.
  • Evaluate tradeoffs in competing data design decisions.
  • Proactively advocate for your solutions amongst engineering leaders.
  • Mentor team members while fostering a culture of excellence.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off and parental leave.
  • Life insurance and additional perks.
  • Equity options in the company.
Full Job Description
The Role

Our enterprise software team builds the digital backbone that powers K2 Space's satellite design, manufacturing, and mission operations. We develop tools that connect engineering, production, and mission control into a seamless ecosystem - enabling our hardware to get from concept to orbit faster than ever before.

We're looking for engineers who are curious, collaborative, and driven to deliver mission-critical software that helps turn ambitious space projects into reality.

Responsibilities
  • Develop highly reliable data solutions used across K2 Space - from factory floors to mission control.
  • Create and evolve data design that improve how we design, build, and operate our spacecraft.
  • Partner closely with engineers, business partners, and leaders across disciplines to understand their challenges and design efficient solutions.
  • Own data solutions from concept to full fledge product.
  • Lead data architecture designs, drive data optimization, ensure data integrity and accuracy.
  • Evaluate and make decisions regarding competing data design tradeoffs.
  • Advocate, defend and convert other engineering leaders to your own solutions.
  • Use data to drive prioritization of work and design of solutions to create the largest positive impact.
  • Actively contribute to building a culture of transparency, empathy, integrity, and engineering excellence.
  • Actively mentoring other staff members and help team members build good culture and engineering practices.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, mathematics or a STEM discipline or 12+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
  • Strong working experience with data modeling, including schema design such as entities, relationships, data constraints
  • Strong working experience with data migration process, including data normalization, schema mapping, data serialization, data pipeline, ETL, real-time or near real-time data replication, data mirroring.
  • 8+ years of in-depth experience with structure databases such as MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake.
  • 5+ years of in-depth experience with hosted database solutions such as AWS RDS, AWS PostgreSQL.
  • 3+ years of working experience with CI/CD deployment.
  • Working experience with Docker.
  • Working experience with Kubernetes (prefer AWS EKS).
  • 3+ years of experience with unstructured database such as NoSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, MongoDB or similar.
  • Working experience with REST API.

Nice to Have
  • Experience with distributed data designs such as caching, sharding, data validation.
  • Experience with public cloud data warehouse solution.
  • Experience with data designs for physical product manufacturing.
  • Strong working experience with data analytic such as AWS Redshift.

Compensation and Benefits:
  • Base salary range for this role is $160,000 - $200,000 + equity in the company
  • Salary will be based on several factors including, but not limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level
  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/ coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks


If you don't meet 100% of the preferred skills and experience, we encourage you to still apply! Building a spacecraft unlike any other requires a team unlike any other and non-traditional career twists and turns are encouraged!

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