Senior Space Mission Software Engineer

Experteer Overview In this role you will own and evolve Varda’s ground segment software and mission platform, enabling reliable spacecraft operations. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide telemetry, commanding, and mission-control tooling that support on-orbit activities and post-flight analysis. You’ll build fast, safe software and self-service tooling to accelerate iteration across lab, test, and flight environments. This is a mission-driven opportunity to shape the core software that scales Varda’s orbital ecosystem. Compensation / Benefits * Develop and maintain high-reliability telemetry ingestion, distribution, and commanding services with deterministic real-time behavior * Create operator-grade mission control UIs and dashboards to reduce ops time and cognitive load * Build flight-software simulation, device emulation, and scenario-based automated tests for avionics and GNC teams * Design, implement, and productionize the mission platform including CI/CD, artifact management, IaC, and observability tooling * Develop deployment patterns for labs, test stands, and mission networks with safe rollout and air-gapped deployment strategies Tasks * 5+ years in developing spacecraft or safety-critical software * Proficiency with Python and strong language fundamentals * Solid systems fundamentals: concurrency, networking, performance, reliability * Experience building real-time data acquisition, scaling, and low-latency messaging services * Hands-on CI/CD, dependency/build systems, and infrastructure-as-code * End-to-end observability: logging, metrics, tracing * Experience with Docker and Kubernetes including release management and controlled network readiness Key requirements * 100% company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision for employees and dependents * Flexible PTO policy and 12 paid holidays * Stock options and equity incentives * 401(k) with 6% employer match * Relocation assistance * Wellness and family benefits including Maven Clinic and gym reimbursement

artifact management, IaC, and observability tooling * Develop deployment patterns for labs, test stands, and mission networks with safe rollout and air-gapped deployment strategies Tasks * 5+ years in developing spacecraft or safety-critical software * Proficiency with Python and strong language fundamentals * Solid systems fundamentals: concurrency, networking, performance, reliability * Experience building real-time data acquisition, scaling, and low-latency messaging services * Hands-on CI/CD, dependency/build systems, and infrastructure-as-code * End-to-end observability: logging, metrics, tracing * Experience with Docker and Kubernetes including release management and controlled network readiness Key requirements * 100% company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision for employees and dependents * Flexible PTO policy and 12 paid holidays * Stock options and equity incentives * 401(k) with 6% employer match * Relocation assistance * Wellness and family benefits including Maven Clinic and gym reimbursement