Senior Backend Engineer - Mission Experiences

Wanna join the adventure?

Loft Orbital

is looking for a

Senior Backend Engineer

to join our

Mission Experiences

team. We build customer and partner-facing interfaces, APIs, and tools for planning and executing missions with Loft. We translate complex workflows and mission data into clear, dependable experiences that help customers and partners collaborate with Loft teams and move their missions forward, establishing a standard for space mission execution at scale.

We’re hiring for one position across multiple locations - you only need to apply once.

About this role:

• Build and operate features across backend services that collect, manage, and surface critical infrastructure data for the full Loft mission lifecycle.
• Design and implement APIs and integrations that connect tooling and data across teams and systems.
• Partner with program management, satellite engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to analyze and understand mission design, program, and business processes, and translate them into intuitive, reliable software.
• Apply a product mindset across the stack: seek user feedback, identify friction in backend workflows and user experiences, and deliver solutions that meaningfully reduce complexity for the people and teams building and operating space infrastructure.

Must Haves:

Nice to Haves:

• Experience in the design, modeling, or analysis of space missions, with an understanding of mission lifecycle complexities.
• Experience building customer-facing interfaces, customer portals, or platforms.
• Experience designing or developing tasking interfaces or platforms, particularly in the satellite or Earth Observation domain.
• Proficiency with Django and GraphQL, and familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g. GCP/AWS, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with testing tools across the stack (e.g. PyTest, Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress) and strong CI/CD practices.

Some of Our Awesome Benefits:

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Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other underrepresented people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Loft, we value respectful debate and people who aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions.  We strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t check all the boxes.

Who We Are

Loft: Space Made Simple.

Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit.

We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loft’s flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.

With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure.

As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.

Compensation: USD 150,000 – 195,000 per year salary