K2 Space

Application Software Engineer

$123K–$160K

Los Angeles, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Mar 16, 2026

Location: Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles
Experience: 1–3+ years of professional software engineering experience as an alternative to the specified degree; 1+ years in several listed areas.
Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, mathematics, or a STEM discipline, or 1–3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Visa sponsorship: Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

About the job

Build and maintain enterprise applications and software tools supporting satellite design, manufacturing, and mission operations.

Develop reliable software features and prototypes, taking them from concept through delivery and adoption.
Collaborate with engineering, business partners, leaders, and customers to solve problems and improve product usability.
Contribute to software features, bug fixes, engineering practices, and mentoring.

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, mathematics, or a STEM discipline, or 1–3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
1+ years of experience in full stack development, platform engineering, or API development; AWS; CI/CD; Git; Docker; and Kubernetes.
Working experience with a statically typed language such as C#.NET, Go, or Java; structured and unstructured databases; REST API or gRPC; and software engineering best practices.
Experience with binary management platforms, infrastructure orchestration and management tools, and OAuth 2.0 and OIDC.

Experience with Next.js, React, Angular, TypeScript, Cucumber, or Cypress.
Foundational knowledge of scalable, high-performance software systems and build or package management tools.

$123,000 $160,000 USD base salary

AWS, GH Actions, Jenkins, Gitlab CI/CD, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL

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