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Loft Orbital · 4 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$130K/yr - $190K/yr

Loft Orbital Solutions is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Mission Operations Services team, focusing on the development of micro-services for space infrastructure. The role involves collaborating with various teams to solve real-time issues during live missions and contributing to the design and implementation of operational tools.

AerospaceSatellite CommunicationSpace Travel
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Growth Opportunities
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Design the tools for operations, autopilots, activities
Sending commands and telemetry
Writing code - developing our services
Interfacing with FSW/ESW/AIT teams
Provide support with using ground software (Cockpit) internally
S/C Ops - everybody is involved

Qualification

PythonDockerAPI designDjangoGraphQLKubernetesWeb development frameworksDatabase interactionsInflux/Timescale DBEnglish proficiencyProblem solvingCommunicationTeam collaboration

Required

Python
Docker
Web development backend frameworks experience
API design

Preferred

Django
GraphQL
Database interactions
Kubernetes
Influx/Timescale DB

Benefits

100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance
Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays
401(k) plan and equity options
Daily catered lunches and snacks
International exposure to our team in France
Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for primary caregiver and 10 weeks for secondary caregiver
Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
Relocation assistance when applicable

Company

Loft Orbital

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Loft Orbital leases space on satellites for any organization to collect information about the Earth, from space.
dateFounded in 2017
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
http://www.loftorbital.com

H1B Sponsorship

Loft Orbital has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (4)
2022 (1)
2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$326.2M
Key Investors
BlackRockFoundation CapitalUncork Capital
2025-09-01Debt Financing
2025-01-14Series C· $170M
2024-09-20Secondary Market

Leadership Team

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Pierre-Damien Vaujour
Co-Founder & CEO
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Alex Greenberg
Co-Founder & COO
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Recent News

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2025-12-24
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Announcing Loft Orbital’s $13M Series A to Make Space Simple
2025-12-24
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