Senior Software Engineer, Ground Software

Reposted 2 Days Ago
Long Beach, CA
In-Office
155K-190K Annually
Senior level
3D Printing • Aerospace • Hardware • Software • Manufacturing
Pioneering sustainable human productivity in space.
The Role
The Senior Software Engineer will design and implement web applications, backend systems, and influence sustainable software practices to support the development of artificial gravity space stations.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations, allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.

Vast is looking for Senior Software Engineer, Ground Software, reporting to Senior Manager, Ground Software to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and manufacture of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. As a software engineer on our growing team, you'll have an opportunity to learn and grow under the mentorship of seasoned engineers from aerospace and big tech, building powerful software that helps expand humanity into space. 

This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

Responsibilities: 

  • Work with team to design and implement web applications using modern frontends and application servers, that consume apis and micro-services in a heterogeneous environment
  • Work with team to design and implement backends including data modeling, apis, and supporting pipelines
  • Rapidly iterate on tooling and design new applications as the company grows
  • Influence and adopt software practices and patterns that will scale to what will eventually become a very large codebase and team

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, or other engineering discipline 
  • 6+ years of software development or relevant industry experience
  • Experience building, shipping, and supporting complex, data-intensive full-stack software applications

Preferred Skills & Experience:

  • Experience working on ambiguous problems
  • Production DevOps experience (Docker and K8s preferred)
  • Experience working with multiple programming languages
  • Experience working with time series data and databases
  • Experience with CAD software and the hardware engineering processes
  • Experience with API design
  • Experience with one or more of the following platforms and frameworks
    • React, Vue or similar
    • NextJS
    • GraphQL
    • Nodejs
    • OAuth
    • Terraform
    • PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server
Salary Range: California
$155,000$190,000 USD
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
 
Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 10 days of vacation for non-exempt staff, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, One Medical membership, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health, and other discounts and perks. We also take pride in offering exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized as part of Vast’s ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.

U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS

The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.
 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Top Skills

Docker
GraphQL
Kubernetes
MySQL
Nextjs
Node.js
Oauth
Postgres
React
SQL Server
Terraform
Vue
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The Company
HQ: Long Beach, CA
655 Employees
Year Founded: 2021

What We Do

Vast is developing artificial gravity space stations to expand humanity across the solar system.

Vast’s mission is to enable large populations of humans to live and work in space, permanently.

Our solar system has the resources and room for humanity to thrive and expand without destroying Earth’s biosphere. Unlocking these resources requires in-space infrastructure and industry at an unprecedented scale.

We are building a world-class team to engineer the human experience in space.

Why Work With Us

We're developing artificial gravity space stations to expand humanity across the solar system in order to enable large populations to live and work in space. Not only is what we're working on groundbreaking, but the team prides itself on living by our values of respect, curiosity, action, and excellence making it a lot more fun to achieve our goal.

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