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Xona · 2 hours ago

Sr. Full Stack Engineer

Burlingame, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Xona is a navigational intelligence company that provides real-time, centimeter-level certainty for devices anywhere on Earth. They are seeking a Sr. Full-Stack Engineer to design and build a platform for commanding spacecraft and supporting flight operations, ensuring safe and efficient spacecraft management throughout the mission lifecycle.

AerospaceGPSInformation ServicesNavigationSatellite CommunicationSoftware

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end design, development, testing, and deployment of mission control software that supports spacecraft commanding, real-time telemetry monitoring, and flight operations

Design and implement scalable backend services, microservices, and REST APIs that enable real-time command and control interfaces

Build responsive, high-performance front-end user interfaces optimized for spacecraft constellation management and flight operations at scale

Design, implement, and optimize SQL and NoSQL data models, ensuring high performance and reliability under operational workloads

Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and cloud-based deployments

Monitor application performance, logs, and reliability metrics to ensure system stability and operational readiness

Support containerized deployments using Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes

Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and cross-functional engineering teams to define scope, requirements, and delivery timelines

Qualification

Full-stack software engineeringModern front-end frameworkBackend languagesRESTful APIsRelationalNoSQL databasesDistributed systemsCI/CD pipelinesContainerization technologiesCloud-based systemsMentoring junior engineersTechnical direction

Required

5+ years of professional full-stack software engineering experience

Expertise in at least one modern front-end framework (React, Angular, or Vue)

Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Python or Node.js

Hands-on experience designing and consuming RESTful (and/or GraphQL) APIs

Strong understanding of relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)

Solid knowledge of distributed systems, microservices architectures, and system resiliency

Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins

Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes

Experience deploying and operating cloud-based systems on platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States (i.e. Green Card holder), or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)

To comply with U.K. regulations, this role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks, and successful candidates must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC)

Successful candidates must obtain and hold a security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR