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Senior Staff Software Engineer

LeoLabs builds a global radar and analytics platform to provide space domain awareness and protect assets in low Earth orbit. The company seeks a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead architecture across backend services and integrations, drive reliability and security, mentor engineers, and influence platform direction for mission-critical systems used by commercial and government customers.

Skills

  • Expert-level Python with production experience
  • Experience in at least one additional language (Go, C++, or similar)
  • Strong background in distributed systems and backend architecture
  • Cloud platform knowledge (AWS/GCP/Azure) and containerized deployments
  • Experience with relational databases (Postgres/MySQL) and message brokers (Kafka, SQS)
  • Familiarity with CI/CD, testing strategies, and observability tooling
  • API design, service boundaries, and message-driven workflows
  • On-call and reliability engineering experience
  • Strong communication and cross-team collaboration skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture decisions for major components and cross-team integrations
  • Design, deliver, and operate distributed backend services end-to-end
  • Mentor and guide engineers through design reviews, pairing, and coaching
  • Ensure reliability, observability, security, and performance across production systems
  • Define and improve engineering practices, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling
  • Collaborate with product and cross-functional partners to influence technical direction and roadmap
  • Own critical services including on-call rotation, monitoring, and incident response
  • Evaluate and integrate new technologies to improve robustness and developer experience

Education

  • B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

Benefits

  • Flexible remote/hybrid global workforce
  • Unlimited paid time off for most roles
  • Competitive salary and equity packages
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Opportunity to work on high-impact space operations and national security missions
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DATE POSTED
March 24, 2026
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