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Loft Orbital

Onboard Software Engineer - Core Services

San Francisco, CA$140k–$205kfull timemidAdded today

About this role

Join Loft Orbital as a founding engineer building the first AI application marketplace for satellites. You'll partner closely with leadership to scale the platform from MVP to production, owning features end-to-end on a lean team.

What you'll do

  • Design and develop the satellite AI marketplace platform from MVP to production scale
  • Own features end-to-end, from conception through deployment and monitoring
  • Collaborate directly with the Director of Marketplace to define product direction
  • Build systems to support partner deployment and monetization of AI solutions
  • Ship features and improvements on a weekly cadence
  • Work on a small founding team with high autonomy and impact

What they're looking for

  • Full-stack web development
  • Software architecture and system design
  • API design and integration
  • Database design and optimization
  • Cloud infrastructure and deployment
  • Python or similar backend languages
  • Frontend frameworks (React, Vue, or similar)
  • Product thinking and user-centric development
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Loft Orbital

Loft Orbital builds and operates satellites, developing spacecraft guidance systems, mission software, and payload integration solutions. The company is hiring spacecraft engineers, software engineers, and systems engineers to support satellite operations, attitude control development, and mission deployment.

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Likely interview questions

  • Tell us about a time you owned a feature end-to-end from concept to production—how did you approach it?
  • What's your experience building marketplace or multi-tenant platforms?
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