Software Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Be part of the Access Network group on the Beam / Satellites Resource Management teams.
• Responsible for back-end and full-stack software development on an Agile DevOps team.
• Involved in all phases of the software lifecycle from requirements gathering, design, development, monitoring, operation, and analytics of the global network.
• Work on a small core team of dedicated, collaborative, and highly technical engineers.
• Leverage modern technologies (e.g., GoLang, GKE) and development practices to improve a key ground system component of the Viasat-3 Satellite Network.
• Collaborate with system engineers and other ground system teams.
• Develop new features and own them through the full software development lifecycle.
• Make meaningful improvements to the ground system to provide continuous and seamless data coverage to customers.

Requirements

• 5-8 years of experience in Software Development or related engineering experience.
• At least 5 years proficiency in an object-oriented programming language.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Competence with Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems and development environments.
• Broad range of technology interests including computer and system architecture, API design and development, performance analysis, distributed systems design, testing and verification technologies, data processing, cloud computing, and networking.
• Willingness to engage as a DevOps engineer, handling stages from design to production support.
• Ability to work on distributed remote agile teams with high self-motivation and independence.
• Excellent communication and partnership skills.

Nice to Have

• Previous software development exposure to application/systems design.
• Experience developing with Golang, Python.
• Experience working with Docker.
• Experience working with Software Automation.
• Experience deploying and monitoring applications in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Experience working with continuous delivery tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, etc.
• Knowledge of TCP/UDP networking fundamentals, Operating Systems, Data structures and Algorithms.
• Experience applying machine learning & statistical techniques such as clustering, classification, regression, forecasting, & feature engineering.
• Experience with highly concurrent application architecture and development.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in Software Development or related engineering experience.
• At least 5 years proficiency in an object-oriented programming language.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Benefits & Perks

• Salary range $135,500.00 - $214,000.00 annually.
• For specific locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area, and New York City, the base pay range is $168,500.00 - $252,500.00 annually.