Staff Software Engineer, Backend

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November 18

🌵 Arizona – Remote

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🏄 California – Remote

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+27 more states

🌵 Arizona – Remote 🏄 California – Remote ⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🐊 Florida – Remote 🌺 Hawaii – Remote 🌽 Illinois – Remote 🌪️ Kansas – Remote 🦬 Montana – Remote 🎰 Nevada – Remote 🏖️ New Jersey – Remote 🌶️ New Mexico – Remote 🗽 New York – Remote 🌲 North Carolina – Remote 🌲 Oregon – Remote 🦀 Maryland – Remote 🍂 Massachusetts – Remote 🚗 Michigan – Remote ❄️ Minnesota – Remote 🏰 Missouri – Remote ⚓ Rhode Island – Remote 🎸 Tennessee – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote ⛷️ Utah – Remote 🍁 Vermont – Remote ⚔️ Virginia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote ⛰️ West Virginia – Remote 🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

💵 $135k - $235k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Slingshot Aerospace

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Aerospace • Artificial Intelligence • Security

Slingshot Aerospace is a leading AI and data-driven platform focused on optimizing satellite operations and enhancing space traffic coordination for operators worldwide. Renowned for its innovative solutions in space domain awareness, Slingshot Aerospace provides advanced tools for space security, defense missions, training, and market analysis. The company's comprehensive offerings include space object tracking, AI-driven training agents, and astrodynamics services. Through its Global Sensor Network and sophisticated data fusion techniques, Slingshot transforms disparate space data into actionable insights, improving operational efficiency and reducing risks in an increasingly complex orbital environment. Trusted by government and commercial space operators, Slingshot Aerospace is committed to making the space domain safe, sustainable, and secure for future generations.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2020

🚀 Aerospace

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔐 Security

💰 $25.2M Grant on 2022-03

📋 Description

• Executes all position responsibilities in alignment with Slingshot’s core values, mission, and purpose • Design and implement scalable API infrastructure that supports diverse integration patterns, communication between AI agents and applications, and data exchange requirements • Work across the technology team interacting with product managers, designers, and other engineers in implementing right-sized solutions • Enhance a comprehensive web-based API Developer Hub that provides intuitive tools for API design, documentation, testing, and management at scale • Work on both the frontend and backend to solve problems and deliver value to both internal and external users • Build automated API lifecycle management tools including versioning, deprecation, and migration capabilities • Implement robust API analytics and monitoring dashboards for both internal teams and external developers • Build and document APIs (REST, GraphQL) • Develop advanced data interfaces • Turn architecture ideas into technical specifications that can be executed by anyone on the team • Design flexible integration patterns that accommodate diverse partner technical architectures and requirements • Implement and verify API data pass-through capabilities with robust error handling and data validation • Design and build time synchronization systems to ensure coordinated operations across partner systems • Mentor engineering team members on software best practices and architectural patterns • Lead cross-functional collaboration with product managers, security teams, and external partner technical teams • Participate in customer and partner technical engagements, serving as the primary technical authority for integration discussions • Balance rapid feature delivery with long-term platform stability and scalability requirements

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software development • 4-year degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field • Proficiency in Java/Kotlin • Extensive experience with Spring Boot/Spring • Extensive experience designing and building RESTful APIs, GraphQL endpoints/GraphQL Subscriptions, and event-driven architecture • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, EKS) and infrastructure as code tools (Terraform) • Experience with event-driven architectures including Kafka and CloudEvents, data platforms, microservices, and distributed systems • Adept in working with cloud-based deployments (AWS) PaaS and IaaS offerings including some experience with Infrastructure-As-Code solutions • Database design and optimization experience across multiple platforms (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) • Skilled in collaborating with data scientists in incorporating AI/ML/LLM into existing software products • Understanding of API security patterns including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, API keys, and rate limiting. • Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible for government clearances.