About Constellation Space

AI for space mission assurance.

Tech description:

We are developing **ConstellationOS**, a highly reliable, scalable operating system designed specifically for aerospace and satellite applications. Our core engineering challenges revolve around distributed systems, high-throughput data processing, and absolute reliability. You will work at the intersection of low-level systems engineering and modern data infrastructure to build software that orbital operators can depend on. ### Our Tech & Problem Space * **Data Infrastructure:** Building fault-tolerant, high-throughput data pipelines to handle massive streams of telemetry and orbital data. * **Machine Learning:** Applying advanced models to solve complex control, anomaly detection, and optimization problems in space. * **Systems Architecture:** Designing low-latency, resilient infrastructure capable of operating flawlessly in high-stakes, unyielding environments.

Job description:

## The Role We are looking for a high-agency Software Engineer to help build the core systems behind ConstellationOS — the autonomous operating system for satellite networks. You will work directly with the founders to design, implement, and scale distributed systems that process real-time telemetry, predict network failures, and autonomously reroute mission-critical traffic. This is not a narrow feature role. You will operate across backend infrastructure, performance-critical systems code, cloud architecture, and operator-facing tooling. You will also engage directly with customers in forward-deployed environments. This role is based in **Seattle, WA**. --- ## What You'll Do: **Distributed Systems Architecture:** Design and implement fault-tolerant backend systems capable of ingesting and processing high-throughput real-time telemetry streams. **Performance-Critical Engineering:** Build and optimize low-latency components in C++ and Rust. Own performance profiling, concurrency design, and system-level optimization. **Cloud & Infrastructure:** Develop and operate cloud-native infrastructure (AWS or equivalent), ensuring scalability, observability, and reliability. **Full-Stack Contribution:** Contribute to operator-facing frontend systems when needed to ensure seamless integration between backend intelligence and mission control interfaces. **Forward-Deployed Engineering:** Work directly with customers in live operational environments. Integrate, debug, and iterate rapidly based on real mission feedback. **Systems Optimization:** Continuously improve throughput, reliability, and autonomous decision-making performance across the ConstellationOS platform. --- ## Who You Are: **High Agency:** You do not wait for tickets. You identify bottlenecks, propose architectures, and execute. **Systems-Minded:** You deeply understand distributed systems, networking, operating systems, and concurrency. **Low-Level Fluent:** You are comfortable writing and debugging performance-sensitive systems in C++ and/or Rust. **Cloud Native:** You have experience deploying and operating distributed systems in modern cloud environments. **Customer-Ready:** You are comfortable interfacing directly with technical customers and operating in forward-deployed settings. **Startup-Calibrated:** You thrive in high-velocity environments where ambiguity is normal and impact is immediate. **Bonus:** Experience in AI systems, satellite networking, real-time telemetry, or hard-tech environments. --- ## Compensation * **Base salary: $120,000 – $180,000 USD** * Meaningful equity participation * Competitive benefits Compensation is commensurate with experience, technical depth, and demonstrated systems expertise.

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