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Wanna join the adventure? Loft Orbital flies other people's payloads and software on standardized satellites, and we are building the first marketplace for space-based AI applications: the store where partners publish, deploy, and monetize AI solutions that run on satellites in orbit. We are hiring the founding developer of that marketplace. You will work directly with the Director of Marketplace to take the platform from MVP to the system behind dozens of partner solutions, on a small team where you own features end-to-end and ship weekly.
Design, implement, and refine software with a high degree of ownership, driving impactful features from concept through delivery while ensuring robustness and reliability. Review code, provide clear feedback, and enforce adherence to established development processes, style guides, and design standards to maintain consistency and quality across the codebase. Design and implement unit tests for both self-authored and peer-authored code. Utilize version control systems to create feature branches, push code, and merge approved code into production branches. Contribute to the onboard software architecture through design proposals and collaborative review Participate in the review and enhancement of software development processes and design standards. Coordinate with downstream teams on the release, distribution and adoption of latest releases. In addition to responsibilities within onboard software, you’ll have the opportunity to directly be involved in operating our on-orbit fleet of satellites.
5+ years' software engineering experience, using programming languages including C/C++ (C++11 or newer) and Python. Experience with version control systems such as Git Experience with continuous integration tools (e.g., GitLab-CI, Jenkins). Experience with build systems (e.g., Make, CMake). Experience with library management and ABI /API version control. Understanding of distributed architecture. Familiarity with networking protocols (e.g., UDP , TCP, IP) and POSIX standards. Experience in developing multi-threaded applications.
Familiarity with additional programming languages, such as Go or Rust. Experience with embedded Linux operation, including Yocto, device trees, systemd, and Linux on ARM platforms. Proficiency with unit test frameworks (e.g., pytest, Googletest, Unity) Experience with middleware framework (gRPC, ZMQ / NATS , etc.) Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, K3S , systemd-nspawn)
Equity, we want you to have an active role in our success Up to 35 days of Paid Time Off (vacations & RTT ) and flexible working hours, we want you to be at your best Health and life insurance, we care about your health Lunch Vouchers, because let’s be honest, we love food! (we even have a slack channel about it #loft-gourmand ) Cross-office travel opportunities between San Francisco, Colorado, and Toulouse to learn from our differences Company and team off-sites and many other events to work & celebrate together Relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable
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