DevOps Engineer - Satellite Data Platform

Job Description

We are building the mission control system for a fleet of multi-sensor Earth observation satellites. The core software components exist—you will be the force that integrates them into a cohesive, reliable, and highly available system that can be deployed, operated, and scaled with confidence.

This is a fast-paced environment where you will work across system design, integration, maintenance, and documentation. We value engineers who can deliver end-to-end solutions with agility and precision.

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement mission control systems: telemetry & telecommand flows, tasking, scheduling, monitoring, and data routing.
• Integrate multiple software components into one operational ecosystem (internal services, third-party APIs, ground station software, etc.).
• Maintain and document all systems: architecture diagrams, interface specifications, deployment playbooks, operator guides.
• Ensure reliability and scalability: design for uptime, failover, and high availability.
• Deploy and operate systems in production with CI/CD pipelines, observability, alerting, and runbooks.
• Collaborate with flight software, data processing, and ground station teams to validate hardware–software integration in test labs and HIL setups.
• Continuously improve system performance and streamline developer/operator workflows.
  
  

Requirements

• System Design: Modular architectures, clear interfaces, scaling, and fault tolerance.
• Programming: Proficiency in at least two of Python, Ruby, C++, Rust, JavaScript.
• Software Deployment: Docker, GitHub, Kubernetes (or equivalent orchestration tools).
• Integration: Proven experience bridging software and hardware systems.
• Documentation: Strong technical writing and architecture diagramming skills.
• On-Prem Deployment: Hands-on experience with on-prem server maintenance and deployment.
  
  

Bonus Skills (Nice-to-Have)

• Aerospace background (small satellites, mission ops, ground segment, flight software).
• Radio/SDR knowledge (GNU Radio, SatNOGS, signal processing, link budgets).
• Familiarity with CCSDS standards, TT&C, orbit/ephemeris tools, and ground station control systems.
• Experience with high-availability / fault-tolerant systems (banking, telecom, mission-critical sectors).
• Distributed systems (message queues, gRPC/Protobuf, Kafka/NATS), time-series databases, observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK).
  
  

Benefits

• Fair compensation provided as per market standards
• Experience rapid growth in a start-up culture
• Flexible working hours
• Open environment for exploring, discussing, and implementing new ideas and processes
• Opportunity to work closely with the Founding Team at GalaxEye
• Mentorship from senior advisors with decades of industry experience
  
  

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