Advanced Reentry Technologies
Who We Are:
Inversion is an aerospace and defense company pioneering advanced reentry technology to enable next-generation capabilities from space. By combining high-performance materials, precision aerodynamics, and mission-driven autonomy, Inversion is transforming reentry into an operational capability for an entirely new class of missions.
The company’s highly maneuverable reentry spacecraft, Arc, is designed for rapid global cargo delivery, hypersonic testing, and other national security missions that require precise, controlled flight through the atmosphere. Arc creates an entirely new transportation domain, unlocking unprecedented speed and global reach.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Inversion designs, manufactures, and integrates its spacecraft under one roof, enabling the company to move rapidly from concept to flight. The company is backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, Spark Capital, and Lockheed Martin Ventures, with customers across the U.S. government and commercial space industry.
As a Senior Full Stack Engineer at Inversion, you will define and build the internal software tools that help our engineering teams innovate, make better decisions, and operate more effectively. You will own the development of internal applications across the stack, from intuitive user interfaces to backend services and integrations. This role is cross-functional and ambiguous by design: you will identify high-leverage opportunities, work closely with technical users, and help shape what high-quality internal tools should look like at Inversion.
Key Responsibilities:- Design, build, and maintain internal web applications and tooling that support engineering workflows across the company.
- Own the end-to-end lifecycle of internal tools, including problem definition, technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, and long-term maintenance.
- Build intuitive user interfaces and workflows for technical users, with a strong focus on usability, clarity, and speed.
- Develop backend services, APIs, and integrations that support internal dashboards, documentation systems, data review tools, and AI-enabled workflows.
- Partner closely with engineers and other technical stakeholders to identify pain points, gather requirements, and translate loosely defined needs into practical internal products.
- Help define best practices for internal application development, including architecture, testing, code quality, and maintainability.
- Contribute to the long-term product and technical direction of the Internal Software Tools team.
- Typically 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production-quality software systems.
- Strong front-end development experience with TypeScript/Javascript and frameworks like React.
- Experience developing backend systems, APIs, or internal tools using technologies such as Python, Node.js, or Go.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design, testing, debugging, code quality, and maintainability.
- Familiarity with Linux development environments and basic CI/CD workflows.
- An innovative and optimistic approach to an environment with high ambiguity, shifting priorities, and loosely defined problem spaces.
- Position may require occasional extended hours and/or weekend work.
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Secret/Top Secret security clearance.
- Experience building internal tools for engineering teams, such as dashboards, test and data review tools, documentation systems, or workflow automation. Extra points if this was for Aerospace!
- Experience integrating AI-enabled capabilities or interfaces into internal software products.
- Familiarity with databases, data modeling, and the tradeoffs between different storage approaches.
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or modern deployment workflows.
- Prior experience in a small team or startup environment where you were expected to define scope, set direction, and execute with a high degree of ownership.
Our office headquarters is located in Playa Vista, CA. This position requires in office presence.
The California annual base salary for this role is currently $139,000 - $201,000. Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and internal equity.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production-quality software systems.
- Strong front-end development experience with TypeScript/JavaScript and frameworks like React.
- Experience developing backend systems, APIs, or internal tools using technologies such as Python, Node.js, or Go.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design, testing, debugging, code quality, and maintainability.
- Familiarity with Linux development environments and basic CI/CD workflows.
- Ability to work in ambiguous, shifting-priority environments with an innovative, optimistic approach.
- Position may require occasional extended hours and/or weekend work.
- Work requires in-office presence at Playa Vista, CA.
- ITAR compliance: must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
- Experience building internal tools for engineering teams (dashboards, test/data review tools, documentation systems, workflow automation).
- Experience integrating AI-enabled capabilities or interfaces into internal software products.
- Familiarity with databases, data modeling, and tradeoffs between storage approaches.
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or modern deployment workflows.
- Prior experience in a small team or startup environment with high ownership.
- Aerospace domain experience (extra points).
Inversion Space Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Inversion Space and has not been reviewed or approved by Inversion Space.
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Parental & Family Support — Public company profiles highlight generous parental leave, indicating a formal policy for new parents. Benefit listings specifically call out parental leave as part of the offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO is described along with flexible hours, suggesting broad latitude to take time away when needed. Roles are largely on-site due to hardware work, but day-to-day scheduling flexibility is still referenced.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Job postings consistently disclose base-pay ranges for many roles, providing upfront visibility into expected compensation. Listings show banded ranges aligned to seniority levels, aiding calibration for candidates.
Inversion Space Insights
What We Do
Inversion is developing low-cost, high cadence re-entry vehicles. Returning cargo & resources will be essential for humanity to continue to grow within low-earth orbit and beyond. We believe in a future where returning from space is as common as launching to space. Join us: https://boards.greenhouse.io/inversionspace
