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# Senior Backend Engineer - Mission Experiences

- **Company:** Loft Orbital Solutions
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $195,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Business Systems, Databases, Continuous Integration, Django Web Framework, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Python (Programming Language), Software Architecture, Systems Integration, Scripting, Cypress (Programming Language), Backend, Pytest, Containerization, Kubernetes, Playwright, Graphql, React Testing Library, Api Design, Docker
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-backend-engineer-mission-experiences-san-francisco-ca--b7b9f9e9-6c67-4437-900b-2b3b202dc4f5

## About the Role

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

 * Comfortable working with Docker for containerization and deployment in scalable environments.
 * Demonstrated experience designing, developing, and implementing APIs, for different use cases and stakeholders.
 * Experience in backend architecture, including API design, robust database interactions, and integrations between products, internal tools, and business systems.
 * Strong analytical skills to understand complex technical and business processes, identify friction points, and translate them into effective technical solutions.
 * Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain complex ideas clearly, and work effectively across engineering, operations, and business teams.
 * Proactive problem-solving mindset, comfortable challenging assumptions constructively and taking ownership of features from design through production operations., * Experience in the design, modeling, or analysis of space missions, with an understanding of mission lifecycle complexities.
 * Experience building customer-facing interfaces, customer portals, or platforms.
 * Experience designing or developing tasking interfaces or platforms, particularly in the satellite or Earth Observation domain.
 * 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

Loft Orbital is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Mission Experiences team. We build customer and partner-facing interfaces, APIs, and tools for planning and executing missions with Loft. We translate complex workflows and mission data into clear, dependable experiences that help customers and partners collaborate with Loft teams and move their missions forward, establishing a standard for space mission execution at scale., * Build and operate features across backend services that collect, manage, and surface critical infrastructure data for the full Loft mission lifecycle.

 * Design and implement APIsand 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 backend workflows and user experiences, and deliver solutions that meaningfully reduce complexity for the people and teams building and operating space infrastructure.