K2 Space is building large, high-powered spacecraft for the next generation of space development, aiming to mass produce the highest-powered satellite platforms ever built for missions across LEO to Deep Space. The enterprise software team builds the digital backbone that powers K2 Space’s satellite design, manufacturing, and mission operations, developing tools that connect engineering, production, and mission control into a seamless ecosystem to enable hardware to get from concept to orbit faster than ever before.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in full stack development, platform engineering, or API development.
- 5+ years of experience with AWS (or Azure, GCP)
- 5+ years of in-depth working experience with CI/CD such as GH Actions, Jenkins, Gitlab CI/CD.
- Working experience with Docker.
- In-depth working experience with Kubernetes (prefer AWS EKS).
- Expert working experience with one or more of the following static typed programming languages such as C, Go, Java, C++, TypeScript.
- 5+ years of experience with structured database such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Snowflake or similar technologies
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Develop prototypes test concept and progress to full fledge software products.
- Own full-lifecycle product development from inception to happy customers.
- Lead architecture reviews, design discussions, and code reviews with your unique perspective.
- Lead software architecture design, deployment strategy, coding standards, and quality processes.
Other
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, mathematics or a STEM discipline or 15+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
- If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and you're excited about contributing to the success of a groundbreaking Series B space startup, we’d love for you to apply.
- We’re looking for engineers who are curious, collaborative, and driven to deliver mission-critical software that helps turn ambitious space projects into reality.
- 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.
