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Vast · 1 week ago

Senior Software Engineer, Ground Software

Long Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$155K/yr - $190K/yr

6+ years exp

Vast is committed to contributing to a future where billions of people thrive in space by building artificial gravity space stations. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Ground Software to support the development of systems for the design and build of human-rated space stations.

Defense & Space

Culture & Values

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Work with 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 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

Qualification

Full-stack software developmentAPI designProduction DevOpsMultiple programming languagesTime series dataCAD softwareData modelingWeb application designMentorshipProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, or other engineering discipline

6+ years of software development or relevant industry experience

Experience building, shipping, and supporting complex, data-intensive full-stack software applications

Preferred

Experience working on ambiguous problems

Production DevOps experience (Docker and K8s preferred)

Experience working with multiple programming languages

Experience working with time series data and databases

Experience with CAD software and the hardware engineering processes

Experience with API design

Experience with one or more of the following platforms and frameworks: React, Vue or similar, NextJS, GraphQL, Nodejs, OAuth, Terraform, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server

Benefits

100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents

Flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 10 days of vacation for non-exempt staff

Paid parental leave

Short and long-term disability insurance

Life insurance

Access to a 401(k) retirement plan

One Medical membership

ClassPass credits

Personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health

Other discounts and perks

Exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge

Lunch subsidized as part of Vast’s ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees

Company

Vast

Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers.

Founded in 2021

Long Beach, California, US

501-1000 employees