Principal Application Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable software solutions used across K2 Space — from factory floors to mission control
• Create and evolve applications that improve how we design, build, and operate our spacecraft
• Partner closely with engineers, business partners, and leaders across disciplines
• Develop prototypes, test concepts, and progress to full-fledged software products
• Own full-lifecycle product development from inception to customer delivery
• Lead architecture reviews, design discussions, and code reviews
• Lead software architecture design, deployment strategy, coding standards, and quality processes
• Evaluate and make decisions regarding engineering options while balancing tradeoffs
• Use data to drive prioritization of work and design of solutions
• Mentor staff members and help team members build good culture and engineering practices

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in CS, IT, Math, or STEM discipline, or 15+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 10+ years of experience in full stack development, platform engineering, or API development
• 5+ years of experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
• 5+ years of experience with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD)
• Working experience with Docker and Kubernetes (preferably AWS EKS)
• Expert experience with static typed languages (C#, Go, Java, C++, or TypeScript)
• 5+ years of experience with structured databases (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Snowflake)
• Working experience with NoSQL (DynamoDB, MongoDB)
• Strong experience with REST API or gRPC
• Experience with infrastructure orchestration tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Next.js, React, or Angular
• Working experience with testing tools like Cucumber and Cypress
• Experience designing scalable, high-performance software systems
• Knowledge of build systems (Make, Gradle, npm, pip)
• Familiarity with data streaming (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ)

About the Company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. Backed by leading investors, K2 is mass-producing high-power satellite platforms for missions from LEO to deep space.