Hybrid Senior Full-Stack Engineer

at Loft Orbital

• Job title: Senior Full-Stack Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $140,000 - $180,000 per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Docker, Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Francisco, United States

About the role

• Senior Full-Stack Engineer developing a web platform for Loft Orbital. Centralizing infrastructure data for managing space mission life cycles with efficiency and transparency.

Responsibilities

• Build, and operate end‑to‑end features across backend services and web frontends that collect, manage, and surface critical infrastructure data for the full Loft mission lifecycle.
• Design and implement **APIs **and integrations that connect tooling and data across teams and systems—then bring them to life with performant, accessible user interfaces.
• Partner with program management, satellite engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to analyze and understand mission design, program, and business processes—and translate them into intuitive, reliable software.
• Apply a product mindset across the stack: seek user feedback, identify friction in both backend workflows and UI/UX, and deliver solutions that meaningfully reduce complexity for the people and teams building and operating space infrastructure.

Requirements

• Demonstrated proficiency in **Python** for backend engineering.
• Practical experience using **Docker** for containerization and deployment in scalable environments.
• Experience in backend architecture, encompassing **API design** and robust **database** interactions.
• Experience with modern frontend development, including component‑driven development and state management.
• Experience building secure, accessible, and performant web applications, with attention to UX and reliability.
• You have hands‑on experience building, operating, or integrating technologies for space missions and a passion for making complex, multi‑team technical endeavors more efficient and standardized.
• You thrive on dissecting intricate business and technical processes, mapping them end‑to‑end—highlighting friction points and opportunities for unique solutions.
• You excel in team environments, communicate complex ideas with clarity, and advocate for seamless collaboration between engineering, operations, and business functions.
• You are a proactive problem solver and a respectful challenger of assumptions, comfortable owning features from design through production operations.
• Fluency in **English**.