Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Northwood Space
Los Angeles, Washington DC
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 161,000 - 224,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Rust","Golang","AWS","Azure","Google Cloud","Kubernetes","CI/CD","APIs","Distributed systems","Billing systems"]

Backend-focused Staff Engineer to lead the development of a cloud-based platform that manages global antenna scheduling, customer booking, and service provisioning. You will design scalable systems for resource allocation, billing, and customer APIs, integrate on-premises and cloud environments, and collaborate with customers and operations to build a resilient global network.

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Northwood Space
Northwood Space
9 months ago

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

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Job Summary

Backend-focused Staff Engineer to lead the development of a cloud-based platform that manages global antenna scheduling, customer booking, and service provisioning. You will design scalable systems for resource allocation, billing, and customer APIs, integrate on-premises and cloud environments, and collaborate with customers and operations to build a resilient global network.
Location: Los Angeles, Washington DC
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and develop Northwood's cloud-based scheduling and orchestration system for global antenna network access
  • •Build and maintain customer-facing APIs and interfaces for scheduling, real-time communications, and data routing
  • •Design and implement Northwood's control and data planes, ensuring seamless integration across on-premises and cloud environments
  • •Develop billing and metering systems that accurately track resource usage and generate invoices
  • •Create orchestration systems to coordinate antenna operations across our global network

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 161,000 - 224,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of professional software development experience
  • •3+ years building and scaling cloud-based services and APIs in production environments
  • •Experience with distributed scheduling systems, resource allocation, or booking platforms
  • •Proficiency in modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
  • •Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines
Experience:7+ yearsSpaceCloudDistributed systemsTelecommunications
Skills:RustGolangAWSAzureGoogle CloudKubernetesCI/CDAPIsDistributed systemsBilling systems
Languages:English
Tech Stack:RustGolangAWSAzureGoogle CloudKubernetesCI/CDAPIs

Eligibility

Nationality:US National

Company Brief

Northwood Space
Builds modern, scalable ground infrastructure and phased-array antenna systems to improve satellite-to-Earth communications, providing rapidly deployable ground stations and networking for commercial and government space missions.
Industry: Space Technology
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 2023
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