Elveo
Ground Systems Software Engineer
Chantilly, VA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jul 20, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional experience developing production software.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- ITAR eligibility requires U.S. citizenship or nationality, lawful permanent residency, refugee or asylee status, or eligibility to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
About the job
Develops and operates backend services, APIs, automation, and integrations connecting Elveo’s satellite ground stations to its Mission Operations platform.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain services for satellite contact scheduling, spacecraft commands, telemetry, and ground station configuration.
- Develop REST APIs and event-driven integrations, and contribute to operator dashboards.
- Automate ground station deployment and operations, improve observability, and support troubleshooting and occasional on-call operations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional experience developing production software, preferably in Python.
- Experience owning production services or systems, designing and consuming REST APIs, and working with relational databases.
- Experience with modern development practices, Linux, and networking concepts; ability to troubleshoot across software, networks, and hardware interfaces.
Nice to have
- Experience with event-driven systems, AWS/cloud-native architecture, FastAPI, React/Vue, or infrastructure as code.
- Experience with observability tooling, Rust, satellite ground systems, or high-availability operational systems.
Tools
Python, FastAPI, MQTT, PostgreSQL, React, Vue, AWS, Terraform
AI focus
Participate in AI-augmented development workflows.
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