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# Backend Engineer - Oort

- **Company:** Loft Orbital Solutions
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $190,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Databases, Continuous Integration, Django Web Framework, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Python (Programming Language), Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Scripting, Cypress (Programming Language), Backend, Pytest, Containerization, Kubernetes, Playwright, Graphql, React Testing Library, Api Design, Docker
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/backend-engineer-oort-san-francisco-ca--b7b9f9e9-6c67-4437-900b-2b3b202dc4f5

## About the Role

Business Processes, Application Programming Interface (API), Machine Tool, Analysis Skills, Project/Program Management, Satellite Operations, Customer/Client Research, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Python Programming/Scripting Language, Software Engineering, * Demonstrated proficiency in Python for backend engineering.

 * Practical experience using Docker for containerization and deployment in scalable environments.
 * Experience in backend architecture, encompassing API design and robust database interactions.
 * You have hands-on experience building, operating, or integrating technologies for space missions and a passion for making complex, multi-team technical endeavors more efficient and standardized.
 * You thrive on dissecting intricate business and technical processes, mapping them end-to-end-highlighting friction points and opportunities for unique solutions.
 * You excel in team environments, communicate complex ideas with clarity, and advocate for seamless collaboration between engineering, operations, and business functions.
 * You are a proactive problem solver and a respectful challenger of assumptions, comfortable owning features from design through production operations.
 * Fluency in English., * Experience in the design, modeling, or analysis of space missions, with an understanding of mission lifecycle complexities.
 * Proficiency with Django and GraphQL, and familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g., GCP/AWS, Kubernetes).
 * Familiarity with testing tools across the stack (e.g., PyTest, Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress) and strong CI/CD practices.

## Description

* Build, and operate features across backend services that collect, manage, and surface critical infrastructure data for the full Loft mission lifecycle.
 * Design and implement APIs and integrations that connect tooling and data across teams and systems.
 * Partner with program management, satellite engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to analyze and understand mission design, program, and business processes-and translate them into intuitive, reliable software.
 * Apply a product mindset across the stack: seek user feedback, identify friction in both backend workflows and UI/UX, and deliver solutions that meaningfully reduce complexity for the people and teams building and operating space infrastructure.