Senior Backend Software Engineer
$55,000–$70,000 year
HybridLomazzo, Lombardy, Italy
Job Summary
Design and build core software components for the mesh network's ground segment, including protocol implementations for telemetry, telecommand, and file delivery. Develop network software handling routing and data transport to ensure reliable, high-throughput communication across a dynamic constellation. Operate scalable, observable, and resilient cloud-based distributed services while contributing to technical design through architecture discussions and interface definition. Write high-quality, well-tested code and champion engineering best practices through rigorous code reviews and CI/CD integration. Collaborate closely with mission analysis and platform teams to translate requirements into robust software solutions within a fast-moving space scale-up environment.
Required Qualifications
- 5–7 years building production software, with a track record of owning significant components or systems
- Strong software development skills in languages such as C/C++, Go, Python, or Rust
- Solid Linux experience — development, networking, and working close to the OS
- Hands-on cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure) building and operating distributed services
- Network programming experience — sockets, protocol design/implementation, TCP/UDP, and data transport internals
- Experience with networking protocols
- Experience contributing to system design
- Awareness of secure software development practices and relevant compliance (NIS2, ISO 27001)
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills to interface effectively with engineering teams, suppliers and management
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams
- Rigorous, detail-oriented approach, with a preference for measured/verified data over assumptions, and transparency when prior estimates need correction
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, still-maturing product environment, iterating on both architecture and hands-on implementation
- Fluent English (written and spoken) required, given interaction with external international partners
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with space data systems
- Experience with Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN), mesh networking or routing protocols
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