Key job responsibilities

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This role is for a Software Development Engineer who will design architecture and implementation of various enhancements and integrations for our constellation management system and flight dynamics services. You’ll build these systems using the latest AWS technologies and best-in-industry software engineering practices.

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Our team is creating the algorithms and software that plays a central role in situational awareness for Leo’s satellites and coordinates with external space agencies and operators to maintain safe orbital trajectories and avoid collisions with the tens of thousands of pieces of space debris.

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A day in the life

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This is an opportunity to play a significant role in the design of constellation management system with challenging performance requirements. The large, integrated constellation brings opportunities for advanced capabilities that need investigation and development. Scale also puts emphasis on engineering excellence so our tools and methods, from conceptualization through manufacturing and all phases of test, will be state of the art as will the satellite and supporting infrastructure on the ground.

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Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of contributing to new and current systems architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) experience
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience with algorithms, data structures, data modeling, schema design and test-driven development
- Experience building and operating mission critical cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance, and reliability

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Preferred Qualifications

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate complex and ambiguous situations
- Experience with AWS technologies like ECS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, and Step Functions

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