Software Integration Engineer (Space Systems)

Location: Onsite near Denver, Colorado or Long Beach, California, United States

Base salary: $90,000–$280,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors for space superiority and defense.

What you will do

• Own complex distributed-system features from technical design through production deployment across satellite command and control, mission planning, mission data processing, and data analysis systems.
• Lead architectural improvements through implementation, prototyping, debugging, and technical design.
• Develop and improve software for simulation, autonomy development, mission rehearsal, and operational test environments.
• Drive integration across embedded, distributed, and cloud-connected systems using C++, Elixir, TypeScript, backend services, and mission-critical infrastructure.
• Support anomaly response, critical mission events, operational debugging, code reviews, testing practices, and technical mentoring.
• Partner with software, autonomy, hardware, test, and operations teams to reduce technical friction and improve engineering velocity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, or a related field.
• 1–7+ years of experience building complex software systems across embedded, backend, validation, and operational domains.
• Fluency with gRPC, RESTful, and WebSocket-based services, including integration debugging and API design.
• Experience with complex distributed, multi-process, multi-threaded, embedded, safety-critical, or mission-critical systems.
• Strong familiarity with Linux development and debugging environments.
• Must be located near Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA, and must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain required ITAR authorizations.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience with flight software, GNC, simulation, or ground software for space applications.
• Expertise in Elixir and OTP, including BEAM internals, scheduling, process architecture, and supervision strategies.
• Experience building real-time systems with demanding reliability and performance requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO, and paid holidays.
• 401(k) and parental leave.
• Equity compensation.
• High-autonomy, high-accountability engineering environment focused on mission success.