Ground Software Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Los Angeles, CA; in-person presence required at headquarters in Torrance, CA

Base salary: $123,000–$150,000 annually, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global develops high-power satellite platforms and spacecraft systems for commercial and U.S. government missions from LEO to deep space.

What you will do

• Design and implement software for building, testing, and operating K2 vehicles and customer payloads.
• Extend the mission software platform used to operate K2’s Gravitas satellite for multiple constellations.
• Collaborate with Mission Operations, Flight Software, and external customers to define mission architecture and deliver payload software.
• Lead software design reviews, architecture discussions, and code reviews.
• Work across the Rust backend and TypeScript/Vue frontend to support development, testing, and operations milestones.
• Support ground-test and on-orbit operations through on-call responsibilities and mentor other engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, or another STEM discipline, or 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Top Secret clearance required.
• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

Nice to have

• Experience with space missions or satellite ground segments.
• Experience with Rust or another statically typed backend language, including Go, C++, Java, C#, or TypeScript.
• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frontend tooling such as Vue, React, or Svelte.
• Experience with version control, continuous integration, build, deployment, and monitoring.
• Experience developing HTTP or gRPC APIs, SQL databases, event-driven architectures, and reliable scalable systems.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, WebSockets, or Server-Sent Events.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity practices and standards such as SOC 2 and FedRAMP; networking protocols including TCP/IP, UDP, or QUIC; and streaming technologies such as NATS or Pulsar.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
• Equity participation and additional company perks.
• Fast-paced environment at a high-growth Series D-funded aerospace company.
• Non-traditional career paths and partial coverage of preferred skills are encouraged.