Ground Station Software Engineer III (Aerospace)

Location: Denver, Colorado, United States; other listed location: Reston, Virginia. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or lawfully admitted refugees or asylees.

Base pay for Colorado applicants: $150,931.00–$211,303.05 annually.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable, safe, and lower-cost space vehicles and systems, with this role supporting the Blue National Security unit and Quartz ground infrastructure program.

What you will do

• Design and develop distributed software systems and core infrastructure for a global ground station network.
• Test and integrate production software across commercial and in-house hardware.
• Build secure, high-performance interfaces for telemetry, tracking, command, and payload data workflows.
• Create APIs, interface documentation, real-time web dashboards, and third-party ground station integrations.
• Develop automated workflow engines for routine operations, anomaly response, and autonomous sequences.
• Implement monitoring, configurable alerting, and post-mission analytics to improve network reliability and performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least five years of professional software development experience, including five years with Python, C++, or Rust.
• At least five years of experience working in Linux environments and maintaining production-quality software.
• Experience with software automation, testing, operational feature development, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong problem-solving, written communication, and customer-testing skills.
• Must meet U.S. export-control eligibility requirements.

Nice to have

• JavaScript, backend or full-stack development, RESTful APIs, and AWS infrastructure experience.
• Ground station or communications operations experience, including TT&C, mission planning, scheduling, and monitoring and control systems.
• Knowledge of TCP, UDP, networking, RF, modulation, observability, Ansible, and telecommunications OSS/BSS systems.
• Experience with generative AI, AI-based state-of-health diagnosis, CRM integrations, or Salesforce.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety, collaboration, inclusion, technical excellence, and personal leadership are emphasized.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and paid parental leave.
• 401(k) with company match of up to 5% and an education support program.
• Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• Up to four weeks of paid time off and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Hiring process

• All positions require Blue’s standard background check.
• Additional checks may apply when the role involves military installations or other regulated duties.