Backend Software Engineer - Mission Planning Strategy

Loftorbital

Job details

  • ONSITE
  • FULL_TIME
  • San Francisco
  • United States
  • Verified 2026-11-10
  • Salary: USD 150,000–195,000/yr
  • Source: Loftorbital public LEVER source

Original job description

Wanna join the adventure?

Loft Orbital is looking for a Backend Software Engineer to join the Mission Platform organization.

You'll work on a small and driven team, developing a brand new software product that optimizes tasking across a large heterogeneous constellation of multi-sensor satellites:

  • scale to fly 50+ satellites, serving 100,000s of customer tasking orders

  • design, build and optimize a brand new product from scratch

  • solve challenging problems across multiple domains:

    • Astrodynamics, satellite capacity modeling and simulation

    • Back-end/API performance

    • Low latency, high responsiveness system design

    • Mathematical optimization and scheduling problems

We're looking for someone with a solid background in software engineering, ideally with a proven track record of building systems from scratch and solving complex, system-level problems. The ideal candidate can operate independently in a fast-paced environment and challenge requirements.

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