Vast is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise Applications, reporting to the Senior Manager, Enterprise Applications, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. As a software engineer on our growing team, you'll have an opportunity to learn and grow under the mentorship of seasoned engineers from aerospace and big tech, building powerful software that helps expand humanity into space.

This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the team to design and implement web applications using modern frontends and application servers that consume apis and micro-services in a heterogeneous environment
• Work with the team to design and implement backends including data modeling, apis, and supporting pipelines
• Rapidly iterate on tooling and design new applications as the company grows
• Influence and adopt software practices and patterns that will scale to what will eventually become a very large codebase and team

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, an engineering discipline, or equivalent work experience
• 6+ years of software development or relevant industry experience
• Experience building, shipping, and supporting complex, data-intensive full-stack software applications

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience working on ambiguous problems
• Experience working with multiple programming languages
• Experience with API Design
• Experience with one or more of the following platforms and frameworks
  • React, Vue, or similar
  • GraphQL
  • Nodejs
  • OAuth
  • Terraform
  • FastAPI
  • PostgresSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server

Pay Range: California

$135,000-$267,000 USD

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and up to 10+ days of vacation for non-exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health, and other discounts and perks. We also take pride in offering exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized as part of Vast's ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.

U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUSThe person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a "U.S. person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. a7 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.