Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, mathematics or a STEM field, or 8+ years of software engineering experience.
5+ years in full stack development, platform engineering or API development.
3+ years experience with AWS.
3+ years experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GH Actions, Jenkins).
Working experience with Docker and Kubernetes (preferably AWS EKS).
Expert in one or more static typed programming languages (C#, Go, Java, C++, TypeScript).
Experience with structured (e.g., PostgreSQL) and unstructured databases (e.g., AWS DynamoDB).
Responsibilities
Develop reliable software solutions for factory floors and mission control.
Create applications to enhance spacecraft design and operations.
Collaborate with engineers and leaders to address challenges and design effective solutions.
Build prototypes to validate concepts and technical constraints.
Own feature development lifecycle from conception to customer delivery.
Contribute to software architecture, deployment strategies, and coding standards.
Drive customer adoption and usability through data-driven insights.
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Paid time off and life insurance.
Paid parental leave and other perks.
Full Job Description
The Role
As a Senior Application Software Engineer on our Enterprise Team, you will design and build mission-critical software that connects engineering, manufacturing, and operations. Your work will directly enable accelerated satellite design, rapid production, and reliable mission execution. You'll collaborate closely with teams throughout K2 Space and deliver systems that improve efficiency, scale operations, and support ambitious missions.
Responsibilities
Develop highly reliable software solutions used across K2 Space - from factory floors to mission control.
Create and evolve applications 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.
Build prototypes to test concepts, validate technical constraints and progress to production features.
Own full-lifecycle feature development from inception to happy customers.
Actively contribute to software architecture design, deployment strategy, coding standards and quality processes.
Understand tradeoffs in competing engineering options and be able to articulate these tradeoffs to senior leadership to help drive decisions.
Work with customers to drive adoption and make progress on product usability.
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 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
5+ years of experience in full stack development, platform engineering or API development.
3+ years of experience with AWS.
3+ years of in-depth working experience with CI/CD such as GH Actions, Jenkins, Gitlab CI/CD.
Working experience with Docker.
In-depth working experience with Kubernetes (prefer AWS EKS).
Expert working experience with one or more of the following static typed programming languages such as C#, Go, Java, C++, TypeScript.
3+ years of experience with structured database such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Snowflake or similar technologies
Working experience with unstructured database such as NoSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, MongoDB or similar.
Strong working experience with REST API or gRPC.
Strong working experience with binary management platforms such as JFrog Artifactory, AWS CodeArtifact or similar technologies.
Experience with infrastructure orchestration and management tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet).
Nice to Have
Experience with Next.js, React, Angular, or similar frameworks.
Working experience with testing tool such as Cucumber and Cypress.
Knowledge of build systems and package management tools (e.g., Make, Gradle, npm, pip).
Familiarity with data streaming technologies like Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar.
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!
If you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.
