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Join Ursa Space Systems as a Senior Software Engineer to develop high-performance services, APIs, and UIs for global economic intelligence. Contribute to agile development teams and design robust data management strategies. Work with a diverse team of skilled developers on various projects.
Key Highlights
Contribute to agile development teams
Design and implement robust data management strategies
Develop and enhance data processing pipelines
Support design and development of production geospatial intelligence algorithms
Work with a diverse team of skilled developers
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Competitive compensation ($130,000 - $150,000)
Remote work option
Flexible scheduling
Discretionary PTO
Stock options
401(k) match
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
FSA and HSA plans
Employer-paid life insurance
Employer-paid LTD and STD for parental and family care
11 paid holidays
Employee resource groups
Educational assistance program
Professional development opportunities
Job Description
About Ursa Space Systems
Ursa Space Systems is building ground-breaking solutions to deliver global intelligence to organizations worldwide. Through our network of satellite based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors, in combination with Electro-Optical (EO), Radio Frequency sensors (RF), and various third-party data sources Ursa Space detects real-time changes in the physical world. In combination with our team’s geospatial experience and strong custom services, we enable organizations to access and extract information from satellite imagery and analytic results with no geographic, political, or weather-related limitations.
Job Summary
Ursa is looking for skilled software engineers to join our growing team! We are building ground-breaking solutions to deliver global economic intelligence to organizations around the world. There is a lot of cross-pollination here at Ursa Space. You will have the opportunity to work with a diverse team of highly-skilled developers, working on a variety of projects. The ideal candidate will bring experience in developing and deploying data-driven web service technologies in support of both internal systems and customer-facing applications.
This position will report to the Director of Software Engineering. This position is fully remote, or optionally in-person at our headquarters in Ithaca, NY. This position may have on-call responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to an agile development team building high-performance services, APIs, and UIs to support production and distribution of the Ursa product line
- Develop and implement robust data management strategies for large-scale spaceborne datasets, ensuring efficient storage, retrieval, and maintenance of metadata
- Develop and enhance data processing pipelines, enabling efficient ingestion, transformation, and distribution of geospatial data
- Support design and development of production geospatial intelligence algorithms and generate robust and efficient software implementations to run within a containerized software platform space
- Contribute to User Experience (UX) design, including mockups and marketing material
- Work with the Software Team to plan, groom, estimate, implement, and test features in an iterative manner
- Design and implement efficient, modular, well-documented and well-tested code
- Stay up-to-date with new software development technologies and tools
- Participate in design discussions and code reviews, digesting and incorporating constructive criticism
- Perform all other duties as assigned
- B.S. in Computer Science, or other engineering discipline in which software development is a focus
- 6+ years of industry experience in a software development role
- Experience in Javascript, Python, and CSS
- In Javascript, familiarity with the following frameworks: React, Vite, Material UI, Redux, Redux GTK Query
- In Python, familiarity with the following frameworks: Fast API, uv, pixi or conda, Pandas/Polars
- Familiarity with AWS S3 (e.g. Lambda, Step functions, and RDS), Linux environments, and EC2 instance development
- Experience with software organizational tools and frameworks(e.g. Git, Docker, Anaconda, virtual environments, etc.)
- Experience with both frontend and backend development, including UI design
- SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) understanding and experience
- Organized and self motivated, able to successfully work with a remote team
- A creative, intuitive, and flexible mindset to approach complex problems and build innovative solutions
- A fast, reliable internet connection if you are working remotely is a must
- Experience in Java and Terraform
- RESTful services, frameworks (e.g., Dropwizard), APIs
- NoSQL and/or SQL databases (Mongo, MySQL, Postgres)
- Experience in GIS tools and libraries
- Prior experience deploying image and signal processing algorithms for various sensing modalities, including SAR, electro-optical imagery, RF, or others
- Hybrid or Remote. Required attendance at mandatory Ursa meetings at Headquarters in Ithaca, NY when necessary (typically 2–3 times per year)
- $130,000 – $150,000, relative to skills and experience
- We are headquartered in Ithaca, NY and have a remote workforce in other locations throughout the United States
- Competitive Compensation
- Discretionary PTO & Flexible Scheduling
- Stock Options
- 401(k) Match
- Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage for you and your dependents
- FSA & HSA Plans
- Employer-paid Life Insurance
- Employer-paid LTD and STD for Parental and Family Care
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Employee Resource Groups
- Educational Assistance Program
- Professional Development Opportunities
- And more…
- Use the team
- Figure it out and own it
- Aim for elegant simplicity
- Empower diversity & inclusivity
- Do the right thing
- Be scrappy
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