Senior Software Engineer

Orbital Sidekick is a company focused on hyperspectral imagery and geospatial analytics. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and maintain systems that power their User Interfaces, Analytics, and Data Pipeline, requiring strong Python skills and cloud-native experience.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain production systems across SIGMA (APIs, platform services, customer delivery) and the Data Pipeline (imagery processing, derived analytics)
• Write clean, well-tested Python code with a focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability
• Build and operate data processing workflows for hyperspectral imagery and geospatial analytics products
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical documentation
• Own and operate cloud infrastructure on AWS (Lambda, ECS, S3, RDS, CDK, Terraform)
• Ensure system observability, reliability, and security across platform services
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and production issues
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
• Participate actively in Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Analytics, and Operations to align on priorities and deliver customer value
• Support code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices
• Communicate technical trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Requirements:

• Strong Python skills
• Cloud-native experience
• Ability to own complex systems end-to-end
• Design, develop, and maintain production systems across SIGMA and the Data Pipeline
• Write clean, well-tested Python code with a focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability
• Build and operate data processing workflows for hyperspectral imagery and geospatial analytics products
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical documentation
• Own and operate cloud infrastructure on AWS (Lambda, ECS, S3, RDS, CDK, Terraform)
• Ensure system observability, reliability, and security across platform services
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and production issues
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
• Participate actively in Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Analytics, and Operations to align on priorities and deliver customer value
• Support code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices
• Communicate technical trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• 5–9+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
• Expert-level Python proficiency with experience building data pipelines, APIs, and platform services
• Hands-on experience with AWS services: Lambda, S3, ECS, RDS, CDK
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
• Familiarity with Django or similar API frameworks
• Strong background in Agile/Scrum development workflows
• Demonstrated ability to own and deliver complex technical work independently
• Strong communication skills with cross-functional teams