Staff Software Engineer - Backend

United States·Torrancefull-timelead

EngineeringBackend Developer

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Quick Summary

Overview

About Northwood Space: Northwood is on a mission to transform connectivity between earth and space and bring the benefits of space to the masses through innovations in space communications technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop Northwood's cloud-based scheduling and orchestration system for global antenna network access Build and maintain customer-facing APIs and interfaces for everything from scheduling to real time communications and data routing…

Requirements Summary

Experience with one or more of the following languages: Rust, Golang, etc… Open to other languages suitable for cloud services and distributed systems Experience building global-scale customer-facing platforms with high reliability requirements…

Technical Tools

awsazuregcpgokubernetesrustapi-designci-cddistributed-systems

Northwood is on a mission to transform connectivity between earth and space and bring the benefits of space to the masses through innovations in space communications technologies. If you are energized by building at a high-velocity company and seeing your work deployed in locations around the globe with real impact, we want you at Northwood.

Northwood Space is looking for a backend focused Staff Engineer to join our Software team In this role, you will lead the development of our cloud-based platform that manages global antenna scheduling, customer booking, and service provisioning. You will design and implement scalable systems for resource allocation, billing, and customer-facing APIs that enable seamless access to our space communication network. Your expertise in cloud architecture and distributed systems will be essential in creating reliable, performant services that handle complex scheduling constraints while delivering a simple customer experience.

Responsibilities

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7+ years of professional software development experience
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3+ years building and scaling cloud-based services and APIs in production environments
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Experience with distributed scheduling systems, resource allocation, or booking platforms
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Proficiency in modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)

Requirements

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To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Northwood is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Northwood is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.