[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer @LeoLabs, Inc.

Role Description

LeoLabs is seeking a Senior Radar Software Engineer to develop, integrate, and optimize software systems supporting advanced radar operations and space domain awareness missions. This role will work closely with radar systems engineers, signal processing engineers, data scientists, and software developers to deliver high-performance radar capabilities that support mission-critical customer requirements.

The ideal candidate has experience developing software for radar, sensor, defense, aerospace, or real-time data processing systems and enjoys solving complex technical challenges in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Leverage LeoLabs’ leading dual-use systems to support critical space missions.
• Develop full-stack software for key software initiatives, particularly for DOD/IC contracts.
• Participate in stakeholder discussions and translate customer needs into engineering requirements.
• Ensure reliability, observability, security, and performance across production systems.
• Own critical portions of our systems through the full development lifecycle, including operation, monitoring, and on-call support.
• Make use of generative AI to raise the bar on the quality and security of our software.

Qualifications

• Active US TS/SCI clearance and experience delivering on mission for DOD/IC customers.
• B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time building cloud-based systems at scale.
• Demonstrated experience building, deploying, and operating distributed backend services.
• Experience and enthusiasm with using generative AI for software development.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or a similar language.
• Understanding of architecture patterns, service boundaries, message-driven workflows, and API design.
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure) and containerized deployments.
• Expertise with relational databases (Postgres/MySQL) and message brokers (Kafka, SQS, or similar).
• Experience with observability and CI/CD practices.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work with stakeholders across teams.
• Willingness to participate in on-call rotations for critical systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building production frontend applications with TypeScript, JavaScript, or comparable modern web technologies.
• Experience deploying into US federal systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes in cloud environments.
• Background in Math/Physics, AI/ML, or Orbital Mechanics.
• Experience operating in a high-availability or mission-critical environment.

What Success Looks Like

• Within 1 month: Complete onboarding and gain deep context on LeoLabs’ mission and architecture.
• Within 3 months: Contribute to constructive design reviews and actively support teammates.
• Within 6 months: Participate in key requirements discussions for complex features.
• Within 12 months: Influence strategic technical direction for Cloud Software team.

Compensation

The base salary range for this position is up to $194,700 + bonus + stock options + benefits. Compensation may vary depending on the selected candidate's work location, applicable market data, experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.

Benefits

• Global workforce: flexible remote/hybrid opportunities.
• Work on complex, meaningful missions with real-world impact.
• Unlimited paid time off for most roles.
• Competitive salary and equity packages.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Access to the forefront of commercial space operations and defense innovation.