Backend Software Engineer - Mission Planning Strategy at LoftorbitalLoftorbital · Toulouse, Occitanie

Posted: 2026-11-12

Skills: Python, GraphQLWanna join the adventure?| | | --- | | Loft Orbital is looking for a Backend Software Engineer to join theMission Platform organization. You'll work on a small and driven team, developing a brand new software product that optimizes tasking across a large heterogeneous constellation of multi-sensor satellites: scale to fly 50+ satellites, serving 100,000s of customer tasking orders design, build and optimize a brand new product from scratch solve challenging problems across multiple domains: + Astrodynamics, satellite capacity modeling and simulation + Back-end/API performance + Low latency, high responsiveness system design + Mathematical optimization and scheduling problems We're looking for someone with a solid background in software engineering, ideally with a proven track record of building systems from scratch and solving complex, system-level problems. The ideal candidate can operate independently in a fast-paced environment and challenge requirements. |About this role:Develop and improve a new software product that manages customer orders across a multi-sensor constellation of satellites Interface with teams to help design the customer-facing interfaces and the back-end pipeline that goes from a plan to onboard execution Build tools and services that help sales and operators understand current and future capacity, operational risks and opportunities for growth Solve complex multi-objective optimization problems that maximize collection capacity, balancing various (conflicting) customer constraints, and help define what “optimal” means Design systems of systems: decompose complex problems into well-bounded services with clear interfaces, and reason about how they interact, fail, and scale togetherMust Haves:Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Physics/Astrodynamics, Mathematics or a related field 2+ years of experience with designing and developing software libraries and backend services, preferab …truncated… Time Off (vacations & RTT ) and flexible work…Sign in to see the original postingBrowse more developer jobs on RoleBurst