Senior Software Engineer – Remote Sensing

Umbra

Senior Software Engineer at Umbra designing and maintaining software for satellite operations. Collaborating with engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions in space technology.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeSanta Barbara • California, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $155,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerKubernetesMicroservicesPostgresPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and maintain reliable, scalable, and secure software systems that support satellite mission planning, scheduling, command, control, and communications.
Take shared ownership of critical production services, reducing single-threaded dependencies and improving operational resilience.
Contribute to architectural decisions and influence system design with a focus on reliability, scalability, maintainability, and security.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including operations, platform engineering, and flight software, to deliver end-to-end solutions.
Participate in on-call rotations and ensure system uptime, performance, and operational excellence.
Develop and maintain APIs, backend services, and data workflows that support autonomous satellite operations.
Continuously improve observability, testing, deployment, and operational processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
5-8+ years of professional experience developing highly available backend services, preferably using Python.
3+ years of experience designing, developing, and testing commercial RESTful APIs.
Experience developing software for aerospace ground systems, satellite operations, mission operations, command and control systems, or similarly complex operational environments.
Demonstrated understanding of software architecture, event-driven microservices, interface design, and automated testing practices.
2+ years of professional experience developing automated build and test pipelines within a CI/CD environment.
Experience building database-backed applications and working with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.
Experience developing and deploying Kubernetes/Docker containerized services.
Experience with AWS or other cloud computing platforms.
Solid understanding of application security, access control, authentication, and identity management.
Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering disciplines.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible Time Off, Sick, Family & Medical Leave
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, LTD, STD (employer funded)
Vol Life, Critical Illness, Accidental, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance (employee funded)
401k with 3% non-elective company contribution
Stock Options
Free parking
Free lunch in office daily

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonRESTful APIsbackend servicesautomated testingCI/CDKubernetesDockerPostgreSQLsoftware architectureevent-driven microservices

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingownershipoperational resilienceinfluencecross-functional teamworkadaptabilityattention to detailleadership