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Data Engineer

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Golden
Salary: Not specified
Fully-remote

Loft Orbital
Loft Orbital

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At Loft Orbital, we have just successfully launched our first two satellites that we fly and operate ourselves. We are now actively looking for backend engineers to join and help us build the next missions and the apps to test and pilot our spacecraft! 🛰️🛰️🛰️

We are based in San Francisco (California), Golden (Colorado) and Toulouse (France), and will consider remote positions.

About Loft Orbital

We build “shareable” satellites to make access to space much faster and easier. This means that we embark multiple customers on the same satellite, for example to take pictures, support IoT connectivity, act as blockchain nodes, etc… This service is powered by our hardware and software products that enable any payload to fly on a standard satellite, reducing the lead-time and risk of a traditional space mission. Our customers trust us to manage their space infrastructure, so they can focus on what matters most to them: operate their payload and collect their data.

What’s also special about Loft is that our devs get a satellite pilot training and certification. We believe to achieve the best, we need to eat our own dogfood. So when ready, you will be given the chance to play a role in satellite operations. We call this – brace yourself – being a “SatDevOps” !!! It’s pretty unique, especially when you finally get to take your very first own picture of Earth from space!

About the Role

As our first Data Engineer, you’ll be joining our Ground Software team in charge of developing Cockpit, the software solution we offer to our customers. In this distributed team across Europe and the US, you’ll be responsible for our data efficiency strategy and implementation.

*Even if you don't "check all the boxes", we strongly encourage you to still apply.

What You'll Do

  • Audit the current situation and develop the appropriate roadmap: how to structure, explore and use the data
  • Lead the data architecture and its roadmap
  • Manage Data Governance (access, retention policy...)
  • Understand and implement data engineering best practices
  • Build and maintain data pipelines from internal databases and applications
  • Create and maintain architecture and systems documentation
  • Write maintainable, performant code
  • Plan and execute system expansion as needed to support the company's growth 
  • Collaborate with the Engineering team to ensure data needs are addressed
  • There is a good chance you will love this job if this talks to you:

  • Strong experience in PostgreSQL
  • Understanding of structured & unstructured databases, and the associated trade-offs
  • Hands-on experience implementing ETL best practices at scale.
  • Constantly improve product quality, security, and performance
  • Desire to continually keep up with advancements in data engineering practices
  • Some of Our Awesome Benefits!

  • Comprehensive dental, medical and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan and equity
  • Daily catered lunches
  • Cross office travel opportunities between San Francisco, Colorado, and Toulouse, France
  • Generous maternity and paternity leave
  • Off-sites and many happy hours
  • Foreign language classes
  • 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.

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