Full Stack Engineer (Back-End Focus)

• Significant ownership over the architecture and evolution of a growing technical software platform.
• A collaborative environment where software engineers work closely with specialists across engineering, infrastructure, and security.
• Comprehensive employee benefits, including healthcare coverage, retirement benefits, paid time away, and family leave programs.

Focus

• Build and own reliable Python services and APIs supporting a computationally intensive engineering product.
• Take prototype and internal software into production, adding the testing, maintainability, and reliability required for sustained use.
• Design durable API contracts, service boundaries, and integrations that other engineering teams can use confidently.
• Develop data models and storage approaches for complex technical information, emphasizing traceability and reproducible results.
• Structure, schedule, and scale compute-heavy workloads supporting simulation, optimization, and other demanding engineering processes.
• Work across the stack when needed, connecting back-end capabilities with front-end workflows and helping the overall product evolve cohesively.
• Create automated service and integration testing that increases release confidence and protects business-critical workflows.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and security specialists so application software moves effectively through established deployment and security processes.
• Help define the architecture of a growing platform while converting complex technical concepts into maintainable production systems.

Engineering Software, Software Engineering, Team Player, Application Programming Interface (API), Python Programming/Scripting Language, Software Prototyping, Data Modeling, Traceability, Data Storage, Simulation, * 6+ years of experience developing production back-end systems, including strong hands-on Python expertise.

• Strong full-stack engineering capability with a clear back-end focus and the ability to work through APIs into front-end functionality when necessary.
• Deep experience designing, developing, and hardening APIs and services relied upon by other teams or applications.
• Demonstrated success moving prototypes, research software, or internal tools into production environments with meaningful reliability requirements.
• Strong understanding of data modeling and storage architecture for complex applications.
• Experience scheduling, scaling, or otherwise managing computationally intensive workloads.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, another relevant technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving capabilities with careful attention to software quality.
• Ability to work effectively in an on-site, highly collaborative engineering environment in Los Angeles.
• Ability and willingness to satisfy applicable eligibility requirements for work involving sensitive or controlled environments.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with computational engineering software, simulation platforms, design automation, product lifecycle systems, or similarly technical domains.
• Exposure to numerical computing, scientific computing, optimization, or other computation-heavy applications.
• Experience converting research-oriented or experimental software into maintainable production systems.
• Interest in solving software challenges connected to aerospace, advanced engineering, or other technically demanding industries.

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