Senior Software Engineer - Fullstack (Space Systems)

Location: Westminster, Colorado, United States; on-site. U.S. citizenship or another qualifying protected status is required, along with the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance. Travel of up to 10% may be required.

Salary: $133,000–$161,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Build full-stack applications for space mission systems.
• Integrate and modernize legacy ground and flight software.
• Develop distributed applications using microservices, cloud-native architectures, and DLT or consensus frameworks.
• Support on-orbit and ground-system integration and testing, including emulation, simulation, and interface validation.
• Implement DevSecOps pipelines, automated testing, and secure software practices.
• Develop UI/UX interfaces for mission operators and analysts while collaborating with systems engineers, mission integrators, and operations teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, plus 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Technical leadership in software modernization or distributed systems, including microservices, APIs, message buses, and high-availability systems.
• Experience integrating and testing software for space-based or ground mission systems.
• Experience with C++, C#, Rust, Python, or Go; SQL or NoSQL database design; cloud services such as AWS, Azure, or GovCloud; GitHub, Jira, and Confluence.
• Experience with DoD or IC programs, ATO processes, or DevSecOps on classified systems, and the ability to mentor engineers and guide design decisions.
• U.S. citizenship or qualifying U.S. protected status and eligibility to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Nice to have

• Existing security clearance, especially TS/SCI.
• Experience with spacecraft software, operations software, flight or ground-segment integration, high-performance computing, distributed processing, or real-time systems.
• Experience with performance tuning, resource-constrained environments, DevSecOps, infrastructure as code, and automated test frameworks.
• Familiarity with DLT, blockchain, consensus protocols, or modern UI/UX frameworks such as React, Vue, Svelte, or Blazor.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, cross-functional, autonomous work in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Company stock options for full-time employees.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement benefits.
• Work focused on solving complex space-system problems and building mission-critical products.