Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

LeoLabs is a company focused on building a living map of activity in space through their global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform. They are seeking a highly experienced Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to contribute to a collaborative team, designing and delivering customer-facing analytics, mission-critical APIs, and scalable backend services.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, distributed backend services and APIs
• Drive architecture decisions for major components and cross-team integrations
• Mentor, guide, and support other engineers through design reviews, pairing, and informal coaching
• Collaborate with front-end, data, and infrastructure teams to define end-to-end solutions
• Ensure reliability, observability, security, and performance across production systems
• Define and improve engineering practices, architecture patterns, CI/CD pipelines, and tooling
• Own critical services through the full development lifecycle—including operation, monitoring, and on-call support
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies and approaches to improve robustness and developer experience
• Work directly with product and cross-functional partners to influence technical direction and roadmap planning

Requirements:

• B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time building cloud-based systems at scale
• Demonstrated expertise designing, building, deploying, and operating distributed backend services
• Deep proficiency in Python (required) with production experience in at least one additional language (Go, C++, or similar)
• Strong 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)
• Strong grasp of testing strategies, observability, CI/CD practices, and reliability engineering
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence technical decisions across teams
• Comfortable participating in and guiding on-call rotations for critical systems
• Eligibility for US security clearance
• Deep experience with Kubernetes including container orchestration, scaling, operational best practices, and monitoring in cloud environments
• Demonstrated full-stack capability with TypeScript/JavaScript and modern UI frameworks
• Background in Math/Physics, AI/ML, or Orbital Mechanics
• Experience operating in a high-availability or mission-critical environment
• Active US security clearance