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Northwood · 7 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Torrance, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

7+ years exp

Northwood is on a mission to transform connectivity between earth and space through innovations in space communications technologies. They are seeking a backend focused Staff Engineer to lead the development of their cloud-based platform for global antenna scheduling and service provisioning.

AerospaceHardwareSatellite Communication

Diversity & Inclusion

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

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

Design and implement Northwood's control and data planes, ensuring seamless integration across on-premises and cloud environments

Develop billing and metering systems that accurately track resource usage and generate invoices

Create orchestration systems to coordinate antenna operations across our global network

Collaborate with Customers, network operations, and the larger software team to build a truly resilient global network

Work with customers on defining secure and scalable interfaces for Telemetry, Tracking, and Control (TT&C) and payload data transfer, putting simplicity and extensibility first

Qualification

Cloud architectureDistributed systemsAPI developmentCloud infrastructure AWSCloud infrastructure AzureCloud infrastructure Google CloudEvent-driven architecturesKubernetesRustGolangBilling systemsUsage trackingSubscription managementSatellite communications

Required

7+ years of professional software development experience

3+ years building and scaling cloud-based services and APIs in production environments

Experience with distributed scheduling systems, resource allocation, or booking platforms

Proficiency in modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)

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

Preferred

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

Knowledge of API design, authentication, and access control best practices

Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues

Familiarity with billing systems, usage tracking, or subscription management

Understanding of simulation and modeling (Satellite propagation, etc…)

Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines

Knowledge of satellite communications or relevant domain experience (beneficial but not required)

Company

Northwood

Northwood was founded by Bridgit Mendler, Griffin Cleverly, and Shaurya Luthra with the mission to expand access to space by transforming satellite backhaul infrastructure.

Founded in 2023

Torrance, California, USA

11-50 employees