Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Wanna Join the Adventure?

Loft Orbital builds a space infrastructure providing a fast & simple path to orbit. We operate satellites, fly customer payloads onboard and handle the entire mission from initial concept through in-orbit operations, significantly reducing the lead-time and risk of a traditional space mission.

As part of Site Reliability team you will be responsible for keeping our ground segment infrastructure reliable, scalable and maintainable. You will be closely working with the development, operations, IT teams to ensure integration, delivery and reliability of our services.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting edge technology and help build modern automated space infrastructure. DevOps philosophy is spread all across our mindset, including satellite operations. We offer SatDevOps training to empower you operate our spacecraft!

*Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Loft, we value respectful debate and people who aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions. We strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t ‘check all the boxes.

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About the role:

• Work with both developers and satellite operator teams with a focus on developing SatDevOps culture.
• Support our internal team through effective diagnosis, implementation of new investigation tools, to increase productivity and performance.
• Design, implement and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure.
• Develop and design a better dev experience
• Improve our observability stack and its usability
• Automate and optimise our delivery system, infrastructure provisioning etc
• Help implementing and educating over best practices for software development and monitoring

Must Haves:

• Proficiency and technical experience in public cloud infrastructure (preferably in GCP)
• Proficiency in Kubernetes architecture, deployment, operations and resource optimisation
• Experience in designing and architecting reliable, scalable systems
• First experience with Software Define Network solutions
• Experience with implementing and supporting observability stacks, preferably with a focus on Grafana solutions.
• Experience with at least one of those programming languages: Go, Python, Rust, C/C++, Java
• Proficiency in DevOps methodology and practices. Experience with CI/CD, IaaC
• A firm belief in the power of innovation as a key driver of success and growth. A passion for staying ahead of the curve in a highly technical, fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills and ease at working in multi cultural environment
• Ability to solve problems and make decisions with a proactive, results-oriented mindset

Nice to Haves:

• Familiar with GitOps (Argo, FluxCD), FinOps, Grafana stacks, Orchestration in space constraints
• Knowledge of system engineering software tools
• Interested in Security subjects. Experience in using vulnerability scanning tools and methods to detect and mitigate security risks

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$150,000 - $250,000 a year

State law requires us to tell you the base compensation range for this role, which is $150,000- $225,000 per year which is determined by your location, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. The salary range for this role is intentionally wide as we evaluate individuals based on their unique experience and abilities to fit our needs. Most importantly, we are excited to meet you, and see if you are a great fit for our team. What we can’t quantify for you are the exciting challenges, supportive team, and amazing culture we enjoy. \n

Who We Are

Loft Orbital builds “shareable” satellites, providing a fast & simple path to orbit for organizations that require access to space. Powered by our hardware & software products, we operate satellites, fly customer payloads onboard, and handle entire missions from end to end - significantly reducing the lead-time and risk of a traditional space mission.

Our standard interface enables us to fly multiple customer payloads on the same satellite, with capabilities such as earth imagery, weather & climate /science data collection, IoT connectivity, in-orbit demonstrations, and national security missions. Our customers trust us to manage their space infrastructure, so they can focus on what matters most to them: operating their mission and collecting their data.

At Loft, you’ll be given the autonomy and ownership to solve significant challenges, but with a close-knit and supportive team at your back. We believe that diversity and community are the foundation of an open culture. We are committed to hiring the best people regardless of background and make their time at Loft the most fulfilling period of their career.

We value kind, supportive and team-oriented collaborators. It is also crucial for us that you are a problem solver and a great communicator. As our team is international, you will need strong English skills to better collaborate, easily communicate complex ideas and convey important messages.

With 4 satellites on-orbit and a wave of exciting missions launching soon, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France.

As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.