K2 Space Corporation · 2 months ago
Senior Application Data Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$160K/yr - $200K/yr
8+ years expK2 Space Corporation is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, and they are seeking a Senior Application Data Engineer to develop reliable data solutions for their satellite design and operations. The role involves collaborating with various teams to create efficient data designs and owning data solutions from concept to product.
AerospaceMachinery ManufacturingManufacturingSpace Travel
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Develop highly reliable data solutions used across K2 Space — from factory floors to mission control
Create and evolve data design that improve how we design, build, and operate our spacecraft
Partner closely with engineers, business partners, and leaders across disciplines to understand their challenges and design efficient solutions
Own data solutions from concept to full fledge product
Lead data architecture designs, drive data optimization, ensure data integrity and accuracy
Evaluate and make decisions regarding competing data design tradeoffs
Advocate, defend and convert other engineering leaders to your own solutions
Use data to drive prioritization of work and design of solutions to create the largest positive impact
Actively contribute to building a culture of transparency, empathy, integrity, and engineering excellence
Actively mentoring other staff members and help team members build good culture and engineering practices
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, mathematics or a STEM discipline or 12+ years of professional experience in software engineering
8+ years of in-depth experience with structure databases such as MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake
5+ years of in-depth experience with hosted database solutions such as AWS RDS, AWS PostgreSQL
3+ years of working experience with CI/CD deployment
Working experience with Docker
Working experience with Kubernetes (prefer AWS EKS)
3+ years of experience with unstructured database such as NoSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, MongoDB or similar
Working experience with REST API
Strong working experience with data migration process, including data normalization, schema mapping, data serialization, data pipeline, ETL, real-time or near real-time data replication, data mirroring
Preferred
Experience with distributed data designs such as caching, sharding, data validation
Experience with public cloud data warehouse solution
Experience with data designs for physical product manufacturing
Strong working experience with data analytic such as AWS Redshift
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off
Medical/dental/vision coverage
Life insurance
Paid parental leave
And many other perks
Company
K2 Space Corporation
Making previously impossible missions possible
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$425.53MKey Investors
RedpointAltimeter CapitalAlpine Space Ventures
2025-12-11Series C· $250M
2025-02-13Series B· $110M
2024-02-13Series A· $50M
Leadership Team
Karan Kunjur
Co-Founder
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