Senior Software Engineer, Ground Station Platform

Muon San Josefull timeRemote

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$213k–$237k

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Muonspace Senior Software Engineer at Muonspace responsible for designing and evolving scalable, resilient, and reliable core platform systems. The role includes architectural decisions, cross-functional collaboration, and ownership of features from concept to deployment.

Responsibilities

Muon is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and help scale our core platforms. In this role, you'll design foundational architecture, ship customer-facing features with real, immediate impact, and tackle a wide range of complex technical challenges.
You'll work within a tight-knit team that values open communication, cross-functional collaboration, and moving quickly without cutting corners. You'll partner closely with other engineering teams to translate business needs into reliable, well-crafted solutions. Whether you're building something from scratch or improving what already exists, you'll have a direct hand in shaping the systems our customers depend on every day.
This position is hybrid and requires working on-site in our San Jose, CA office three days per week.
Design, build, and evolve high-performance systems that are scalable, resilient, and reliable.
Work across the stack, and cross-functionally to deliver end-to-end platform capabilities.
Contribute to architectural decisions that shape the long-term direction of our core systems.
Identify and resolve bottlenecks, performance issues, and systemic risks in production environments.
Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business and product needs into well-crafted technical solutions.
Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and knowledge sharing across teams.
Take ownership of features from concept through deployment and ongoing operation.

Qualification

BS/MS in Computer ScienceExperience in distributed systemsStrong debuggingNice-to-have SkillsExperience with CI/CD pipelines

Required

BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field OR equivalent industry experience.
8+ years of software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Python, C++, or Rust, in production environments.
Experience in distributed systems, backend services, or platform development.
Demonstrated experience building and operating mission-critical services with uptime, reliability, and performance requirements
Knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure (e.g., containers, service orchestration, observability stacks).
Strong debugging, profiling, and code optimization skills.
Experience mentoring junior engineers or leading medium to large technical initiatives.
Nice-to-have Skills
Comfort working in a highly interdisciplinary environment with engineers, operators, and domain specialists.
Familiarity with real-time data processing pipelines or high-throughput systems.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, or automated deployment workflows.
Contributions to open-source projects or a track record of technical writing and knowledge sharing.

Preferred

Comfort working in interdisciplinary environments
Familiarity with real-time data processing pipelines
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
Contributions to open-source projects or technical writing

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
Equity/RSU
Parental Leave
Life Insurance

Company

Muonspace

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