Staff Software Engineer, Backend

What You’ll Do: 

As a Staff Backend Software Engineer supporting Slingshot’s development, you will design and build capabilities that will enable our products to help solve satellite owner-operator problems. You will be a multiplier for the entire engineering team by not only delivering high-quality code on time but by helping your teammates do so as well, and by mentoring and providing support whenever needed. You will find, evaluate, and leverage new technologies; solve complex problems; and deliver value to end users. 

Slingshot Aerospace cares deeply about our commitment to company values, mission, and purpose. The core competencies we will be looking to identify include: intellectual agility, ability to develop innovative solutions, leadership, performance-orientation, and industry expertise. 

Position Responsibilities:  

• Executes all position responsibilities in alignment with Slingshot’s core values, mission, and purpose 
• Work across the technology team interacting with product managers, designers, and other engineers in implementing right-sized solutions 
• Meet product requirements in a timely manner while not compromising the operational stability of the overall product 
• Participate in Agile software development and deployment processes 
• Provide ongoing support for the services and applications that are critical to our business needs 
• Communicate methods, findings, and hypotheses with stakeholders 
• Work on both the frontend and backend to solve problems and deliver value to both internal and external users 
• Build data platforms/pipelines, microservices, interactions with AI agents and distributed systems 
• Build and document APIs (REST, GraphQL) 
• Develop advanced data interfaces and interactive user interfaces 
• Turn architecture ideas into technical specifications that can be executed by anyone on the team 

Pre-Requisites 

• Must be eligible to obtain or maintain US Government Security Clearance 

Minimum Requirements 

• 10+ years of experience in software development 
• 4-year degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field 
• Experience using our stack or similar technologies (Java/Kotlin, GraphQL/GraphQL subscriptions, REST, Docker, Kubernetes, React, Python) 
• Adept in working with cloud-based deployments (AWS) PaaS and IaaS offerings including some experience with Infrastructure-As-Code solutions 
• Capable working with containers and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, EKS) 
• Deep working knowledge of version control (Git) and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions) 
• Experience with event-driven architectures including Kafka and CloudEvents, data platforms, microservices, and distributed systems 
• Knowledgeable in database design, performance, and troubleshooting (PostgreSQL, MongoDB) 
• Skilled in collaborating with data scientists in incorporating AI/ML/LLM into existing software products  
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time 

 Preferred Skills 

• Possess security compliance accreditation such as NIST 800-53, DoD ILs, FedRAMP in higher-classification cloud or air-gapped environments and have experience supporting organizations to obtain accreditation 
• Experience with fast-moving software technology startups and product organizations 
• Knowledge of frontend technologies, specifically React, Three.js 
• Demonstrated experience working in, or close collaboration with DevOps team members and infrastructure technology.  
• Familiarity with QA practice and collaboration.