Ground Software Engineer - Core

<p><strong>Wanna join the adventure?<br><br></strong>Loft Orbital is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Core team within Ground Platform. The team develops the core capabilities that support Loft's ground platform, improve development workflows, and ensure platform reliability. You'll help build shared services and tools that benefit software teams across Loft.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="4315" data-local-id="e64371dd51ba">You'll work on backend services, workflow automation, AI tooling, and platform infrastructure, with a focus on observability and reliability. You'll also have the opportunity to take part in spacecraft operations through SatDevOps rotations, helping investigate anomalies and supporting real-time incident response when needed.<br><br>If you're excited about improving how software is developed across Loft, contributing to key technical decisions, and building more reliable platform systems, we'd love to hear from you.</p><br><strong>About this role:</strong><br><div> <ul data-local-id="78fae7c56305" data-indent-level="1" style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Evaluate and implement new technologies and software patterns</strong> that propagate to the entire Loft's software stack</li> <li><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Lead the creation and evolution of Loft's AI tooling</strong> for development, review, and spacecraft anomaly investigation</li> <li><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Develop central ground platform functionalities</strong> such as workflow automation, microservice inter-communication, and metrics</li> <li><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Take responsibility for the reliability and performance of Loft's ground platform infrastructure</strong>, including message queues, CI/CD, and observability</li> <li><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Have the opportunity to take part in spacecraft operations</strong> through SatDevOps rotations, occasionally helping investigate anomalies and supporting real‑time incident response when needed</li> <li><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Collaborate with software engineers and satellite operators from all over the company</strong> to support and foster consistent, maintainable, and performant software solutions</li> </ul></div><br><strong>Must Haves:</strong><br><div> <ul data-local-id="fad2db17a8f2" data-indent-level="1" style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>Solid backend software development experience</li> <li>Hands-on knowledge of deployment and Infrastructure as Code</li> <li>Ability to define and maintain CI/CD pipelines</li> <li>Experience working with Kubernetes</li> </ul></div><br><strong>Nice to Haves:</strong><br><div> <ul data-local-id="a8c5eb3aee3d" data-indent-level="1" style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>Python development, particularly with Django</li> <li>Knowledge of GraphQL and Graphene</li> <li>Experience with message queues and streaming technologies (<span data-testid="definition-highlighter">NATS</span>)</li> <li>Knowledge of DevOps and observability tools (Helm, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Loki, etc)</li> <li>Familiarity with AI tooling</li> <li>Frontend development with Vue and Web Components</li> </ul></div><br><strong>Some of Our Awesome Benefits:</strong><br><div> <div> <li>Equity, we want