What You’ll Do:
As a Full stack Software Engineer supporting Slingshot’s development, you will design and build capabilities that will enable our products to help solve satellite owner-operator problems. You will be a multiplier for the entire engineering team by not only delivering high-quality code on time but by helping your teammates do so as well, and by mentoring and providing support whenever needed. You will find, evaluate, and leverage new technologies; solve complex problems; and deliver value to end users.
Position Responsibilities:
- Executes all position responsibilities in alignment with Slingshot’s core values, mission, and purpose
- Work across the technology team interacting with product managers, designers, and other engineers in implementing right-sized solutions
- Meet product requirements in a timely manner while not compromising the operational stability of the overall product
- Participate in Agile software development and deployment processes
- Provide ongoing support for the services and applications that are critical to our business needs
- Communicate methods, findings, and hypotheses with stakeholders
- Work on both the frontend and backend to solve problems and deliver value to both internal and external users
- Develop advanced data interfaces and interactive user interfaces
- Integrate frontend applications with APIs (REST, GraphQL)
- Work with UX/design teams to refine requirements, then develop, enhance, and customize advanced data interfaces and interactive user interfaces
- Build and document APIs (REST, GraphQL)
- Turn architecture ideas into technical specifications that can be executed by anyone on the team
- Perform other duties as assigned (to be less than 10% of the responsibilities listed above)
Pre-Requisites
- Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible for government clearances
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of experience in software and application development, including 2+ years of experience building durable, scalable, and high-availability systems
- Experience with frontend technologies such as Typescript, Kotlin/Java, React, Storybook and plotly.
- Experience with cloud-based deployments, PaaS, and IaaS offerings (most notably AWS)
- Proficiency in React and its ecosystem, including state management with zustand or equivalent (e.g., Redux, MobX) and component-based architecture
- Experience developing and integrating with REST APIs and GraphQL/ GraphQL subscriptions
- Build data platforms/pipelines, microservices, interactions with AI agents and distributed systems
- Knowledgeable in database design, performance, and troubleshooting (PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
- Experience with authentication and authorization standards and tools (OAuth, OIDC, RBAC/ABAC/ReBAC, Keycloak, Auth0)
- Deep working knowledge of version control (Git) and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions)
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Preferred Skills
- Advanced degree in computer science or a related field
- Other frontend technologies such as three.js, React-three-fiber, D3, or deck.gl
- Active Secret DOD clearance or higher
- Experience with containers and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm)
- Experience with asynchronous processing and/or data streaming technologies such as Kafka, KNative
- Experience with Government security configurations such as STIGs and NIST
- Early-stage data-centric startup experience
- Experience working within DOD software factory environments
These skills are guidelines. You don’t have to meet every qualification listed - if your skills are transferable and you meet the minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply.
Location: Remote
Classification: Full-time Exempt (computer employee exemption)
US-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following U.S. states: AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, and WI. We are unable to consider candidates residing in other U.S. states at this time.
Internationally-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following locations: United Kingdom. We are unable to consider candidates residing in other countries at this time.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion are key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for creating a safer, more connected world. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also national origin, citizenship, sex, color, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic that is part of one’s identity. All of our employees’ points of view are key to our success, and we embrace individuality.
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