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Job Description: 
Slingshot Aerospace
Full Stack Software Engineer, Backend [6 month Fixed Term]
Job Posted Yesterday Reposted Yesterday
Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote or Hybrid
126K-144K
Senior level
Aerospace
The Role
The Software Engineer will design and build backend capabilities for Slingshot's Platform, work in teams, and mentor others while ensuring timely delivery and operational stability.
Summary Generated by Built In
What You’ll Do: 

As a Software Engineer supporting Slingshot’s Platform via Full Stack 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. 

This position will be supporting back-end engineering.

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:  

Work across the technology team interacting with product managers, designers, and other engineers in implementing the 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, 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 
Perform other duties as assigned (to be less than 10% of the responsibilities listed above)  
Pre-Requisites 

Must be eligible to obtain or maintain US Government Security Clearance 
Minimum Requirements 

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field (or equivalent experience) 
5+ years of experience in software and application development, including 2+ years of experience designing and building durable, scalable, and high-availability systems 
Experience using technologies such as Node.js, GraphQL, React, and Typescript 
Experience with cloud-based deployments, PaaS, and IaaS offerings (most notably AWS) 
Experience with authentication and authorization standards and tools (OAuth, OIDC, RBAC/ABAC/ReBAC, Keycloak) 
Experience with database design, performance, and troubleshooting (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j) 
Experience with containers and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm) 
Deep working knowledge of version control (Git) and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions) 
Experience with asynchronous processing and/or data streaming technologies, such as AWS Kinesis, Kafka, or ZeroMQ, KNative 
Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences 
 

Preferred Skills 

Advanced degree in computer science or a related field 
Active Secret DOD clearance or higher 
Experience with Government security configurations such as STIGs and NIST 
Early-stage data-centric startup experience 
Experience working within DOD software factory environments 
These skills are guidelines. You don’t have to meet every qualification listed - if your skills are transferable and you meet the minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply.  

Location: Remote, United States  

Pay Range: $126,264.00-$144,444.00 

Classification: Full-time Exempt (computer employee exemption) 

US-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following U.S. states: AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, and WI. We are unable to consider candidates residing in other U.S. states at this time.

Internationally-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following locations: United Kingdom. We are unable to consider candidates residing in other countries at this time.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion are key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for creating a safer, more connected world. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also national origin, citizenship, sex, color, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic that is part of one’s identity. All of our employees’ points of view are key to our success, and we embrace individuality.


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