Maxar

Senior Software Engineer

Westminster, CO - Herndon, VA, United States

$107-229k

Full Time

19 days ago

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Job description

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Senior Software Engineer

Our team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our group. We use quick iteration and regular feedback cycles to prototype for customers, both internal and external, to provide Insights, backed with a sophisticated data architecture, that accelerate the flow of work from experimentation to development to production.

A Senior Software Engineer is expected to respond tactfully to Product and Engineering requirements, guided by a deep understanding of full-stack software development, database architecture and technologies, engineering automation pipelines and orchestration technology. They should also have experience utilizing agile development processes, driven in close collaborate with Design teams. The position requires fundamental experience building backend technologies, services, and APIs that help scale, accelerate, and optimize user access to insights workflows and data products; ideally, this engineer also has familiarity with front-end development stacks.

About Maxar:

Maxar is a leading technology company that leverages thee in or near Westminster, CO, or Herndon, VA

Requirements/Skills

Our team’s minimum requirements for this position:

Must be a U.S. Person.

5+ years of development experience, including backend, frontend, data engineering, and/or DevOps.

Advanced programming skills, specifically in Python;

Recent experience with the following technologies:

Relational database technology like PostgresSQL and/or Postgis,

Orchestration and deployment infrastructure like Kubernetes & Docker,

Query language tools for APIs like FastAPI, or other relevant tools

Cloud technologies like AWS or Azure

Object Oriented Programming methodologies,

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Bachelor's degree in a related field, (e.g., Computer Science, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, etc.), or equivalent experience.

Our team’s preferred requirements for this position:

Experience with the following technologies / languages / skills:

Backend programming in Java;

Frontend programming in Vue;

Apache Spark, and/or other large-scale data processing engines;

Familiarity with engineering geospatial datasets;

Experience doing automated deployment, scaling, and monitoring of cloud-based infrastructure using tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform.

Experience implementing and enforcing best practices for security and compliance.

If you also had these skills that’d be amazing:

Knowledge of design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines for our software projects.

Understanding of Agile methodologies, specifically frequent, iterative releases which rely on user feedback to refine features over time,

Experience using machine learning development frameworks, remote sensing, and machine learning operations technologies like:

PyTorch;

Geospatial data and/or remote sensing tools like GDAL and rasterio;

Terraform with Helm, or other infrastructure-as-code tools.

In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all of our U.S. job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. To accommodate all locations, we have listed the bottom to the top of the possible range, and will share the target range for a specific location during the recruiting discussion. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidates unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:

$107,000.00 - $229,000.00 annually.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits

Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

This position will be posted for a minimum of three business days, and will be posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

Maxar employees must follow all applicable Maxar policies and COVID-19 requirements as well as those of Maxar customers and third parties. Individual job requirements may vary, and Maxar reserves the right to modify its policies and requirements as it deems appropriate in accordance with applicable law.

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.