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# Application Software Engineer

- **Company:** K2 Space
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $123,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Software Applications, Automation of Tests, Software Bug Management, C Sharp (Programming Language), Databases, Continuous Integration, Amazon DynamoDB, Gradle, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, NoSQL, OAuth, OpenID, Package Management Systems, Ansible, Next.js, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Software Systems, TypeScript, Enterprise Software Applications, ReactJS, Snowflake, Cypress (Programming Language), Git, AngularJS, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Build Tools, Api Design, Puppet, Restful APIs, Terraform, Cucumber (Software), AWS EKS, Docker, Jenkins, Artifactory, Golang, Programming Languages
- **Published:** November 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/application-software-engineer-los-angeles-ca--593b87da-5010-45ae-843f-428e6fcf1f3b

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Funding, Government, Heavy Lifting, Enterprise Applications, Ecosystems, Manufacturing Operations, Production Control, Team Player, High Reliability Software, * Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, mathematics or a STEM discipline or 1-3+ years of professional experience in software engineering.

 * 1+ years of experience in full stack development, platform engineering or API development.
 * 1+ years of experience with AWS.
 * 1+ years of in-depth working experience with CI/CD such as GH Actions, Jenkins, Gitlab CI/CD.
 * 1+ years of in-depth working experience with Git.
 * 1+ years of in-depth working experience with Docker.
 * 1+ years of in-depth working experience with Kubernetes (prefer AWS EKS).
 * Working experience with one or more of the following static typed programming languages such as C#.NET, Go, Java.
 * 1+ years of experience with structured database such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Snowflake or similar technologies
 * 1+ years of experience with unstructured database such as NoSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, MongoDB or similar.
 * Working experience with all aspects of software engineering best practices.
 * Working experience with REST API or gRPC.
 * Working experience with binary management platforms such as JFrog Artifactory, AWS CodeArtifact or similar technologies.
 * Experience with infrastructure orchestration and management tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet).
 * Working experience with OAuth 2.0 and OIDC.

Nice to Have

 * Experience with Next.js, React, Angular, or similar frameworks.
 * Working experience with TypeScript.
 * Working experience with testing tool such as Cucumber and Cypress.
 * Foundational knowledge of scalable, high-performance software systems.
 * Knowledge of build systems and package management tools (e.g., Make, Gradle, npm, pip).

## Description

* Develop highly reliable software solutions used across K2 Space - from factory floors to mission control.
 * Create and evolve applications that improve how we design, build, and operate our spacecraft.
 * Partner closely with engineers, business partners and leaders across disciplines to understand their challenges and design efficient solutions.
 * Build prototypes to test concepts and validate technical constraints.
 * Develop prototypes into working product features.
 * Own full-lifecycle feature development from inception to happy customers.
 * Actively contribute to software features and bug fixes.
 * Understand tradeoffs in competing engineering options and be able to articulate these tradeoffs to senior engineers and contribute to implementation progress.
 * Work with customers to drive adoption and make progress on product usability.
 * Understand priorities communicated by senior staff and work to develop solution with minimal oversight.
 * Ability to balance being strongly opinionated on tech stack while remaining open-mind and willingness to reevaluate with new data point.
 * Actively contribute to building a culture of transparency, empathy, integrity and engineering excellence.
 * Actively mentoring other staff members and help team members build good culture and engineering practices.