Full Stack Engineer, Astranis
Ground Software
$120-150k
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office
Next generation satellite broadband service
Job no longer available
Next generation satellite broadband service
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$120-150k
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To give the 4 billion people without access to internet the ability to get online.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience as a full stack developer in industry not including internships
- Proficiency with JavaScript or TypeScript and React
- Experience with Python
- Experience with Django
- Experience with consuming and/or developing RESTful or similar APIs
- Comfortable rapidly prototyping and fully developing user interface concepts with focus on overall user experience
- Comfortable diving into all layers to implement both front-end and back-end components of new features
- Experience working with relational/SQL databases (e.g. Postgres)
- Highly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties autonomously without supervision
Desirable
- Experience developing proprietary/commercial or open source satellite operations software (e.g., COSMOS, Major Tom)
- Experience in satellite operations
- Experience with tools such as JIRA, Jenkins, and Docker
- Experience with application deployment operations and release/version management
- Experience with NoSQL databases
What the job involves
- As a Full Stack Engineer you will be responsible for designing and implementing the software that will enable us to safely and reliably operate the spacecraft from the ground
- The tools you build will be used by satellite operators to fly the spacecraft!
- Design, build, and implement the ground software system for our spacecraft
- Use React to build the front end interface to our web application that enables safe, efficient, and elegant command and control of our satellite throughout its mission
- Use Django to build the backend for our commanding interface
- Work closely with satellite operators to understand how they would like to operate the spacecraft to inform software requirements
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to define software requirements, architectures, and designs
Our take
Internet access is swiftly becoming a core feature of modern life across the world - as of 2021, nearly 60% of the global population were active internet users, and the number is only set to climb. Looking to facilitate and benefit from this are Astranis, who have developed advanced small-form factor satellite technology (similar to SpaceX) to improve satellite internet access across the world.
This has proven an astronomically successful proposition with an overwhelming demand from global customers, including a partnership to triple data speeds across the state of Alaska. This is no surprise, as provision of basic internet capabilities is in the interests of industry, governments, and the population at large.
With a valuation of $1.6 billion, the company's April 2023 injection of capital is set to ensure the company meets its production demands. Its satellite method is already groundbreaking and the company's first one launched in 2023. Two more launches are scheduled for 2024.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2024
$200m
SERIES D
Apr 2023
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $603.7m
Company benefits
- An equity stake in the company
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited vacation days
- Healthy, delicious, free lunch catered in every day
- Complementary OneMedical membership
- Great office chairs, stand-up desks, and a machine shop
- Reimbursement to spend on commuting from outside SF
- Generous, fully-paid parental leave
Company values
- Master your craft - We take pride in our work and go the extra mile
- Step up - We are unapologetically ambitious and take on great responsibility
- Stay curious - We seek out new knowledge and are happy to teach others what we know
- Assume good - We assume the best of intentions and communicate with kindness and candor
- Take the time - We level up not just at work but beyond — mind, body, spirit, family, community
- Space is hard - We are resilient in the face of adversity and get help when needed
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
John Gedmark
(CEO)John co-founded the Roosevelt Institute think tank in 2004 before working as Director of Flight Operations at X Prize Foundation for 2 years. He co-founded Commercial Spaceflight Federation in 2007, before co-founding Astranis in 2015, serving as CEO.
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