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Loft Orbital

Onboard Software Engineer - Deployment & Runtime Environments

San Francisco, CA$144k–$198kfull timemidAdded 2 days ago

About this role

Loft seeks a software engineer to develop deployment and runtime systems for on-orbit satellite software. You'll own how software is packaged, deployed, and executed on satellites, working across Linux services, container runtimes, and infrastructure tooling for a rapidly expanding fleet.

What you'll do

  • Design and maintain tools for assembling mission-specific software stacks deployed to satellites
  • Develop and improve the Runtime Container Environment for secure execution of customer workloads in orbit
  • Build and optimize Linux infrastructure supporting reliable onboard software execution
  • Expand container runtime capabilities as satellite programs scale and external workloads increase
  • Debug and resolve issues across Linux internals, container systems, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Collaborate with hardware and operations teams to ensure software reliability in space environments

What they're looking for

  • Linux kernel and systems programming
  • Container runtimes and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, or similar)
  • CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
  • Software packaging and deployment systems
  • C or C++ programming
  • Systems-level debugging and troubleshooting
  • Low-level infrastructure optimization
  • Understanding of distributed systems or mission-critical software
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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

  • Describe your experience with container runtimes—what challenges have you debugged and how did you approach them?
  • Tell us about a time you had to learn an unfamiliar system quickly and ship a solution with minimal guidance.
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