Software Engineer (Remote)
United States
Engineering /
Remote /
Remote
Epsilon3 is the leading software (SaaS) for complex engineering, manufacturing, testing, and operations.
Launched in 2021, we're led by a team of experienced engineers from SpaceX, NASA, Google, Northrop, and Stanford. Our leadership team worked firsthand on over 100 launches, including ground control for astronauts who traveled to space and back. NASA, Blue Origin, Firefly, the U.S. Space Force use Epsilon3 to manage high-stakes procedures. Our platform is the result of decades of learning, and we deliver on the promise of making complex operations as efficient, reliable, and safe as possible.
We recently raised a $15M Series A funding round led by Lux Capital, Y Combinator (YC S21), and other world-class investors. Our 45-person crew is fully remote, US-based, and passionate about enabling space exploration.
We are looking for software engineers to join our team who are passionate about space and building scalable, reliable software quickly. You will be responsible for creating delightful user experiences that solve very complex problems. We are currently using technologies such as React, CouchDB, and AWS GovCloud, and we expect our stack will evolve rapidly over time as we hone our solutions and approach.
This is an impactful role within a fast-paced startup. The ideal candidate is someone who has experience designing and implementing software systems from requirements to production and deployment.
Some of the technical challenges we’re undertaking
- Real-time synchronization of data and user interfaces across earth and space
- Visualization of many complex data fields
- Integration of multiple high-bandwidth data streams for real-time processing and display
- Multiple deployment environments including cloud and on-premises
- Mission-critical security and reliability requirements
- Supporting complex workflows and detailed tracking while also maintaining simplicity and delightfulness of user experience
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, and release our web-based operational dashboards, electronic procedure tools, and suite of specialized software solutions to support various space missions
- Create software to support simple and complex computation on datasets for decision making and autonomous execution
- Build and deploy high quality code on a daily basis for rapid iteration and testing with users
- Design APIs and integration solutions for various proprietary and open-source telemetry and command and control systems
- Rapidly prototype demos and proof-of-concepts for customer meetings
- Join and actively participate in customer discovery calls and technical demonstrations
- Analyze and enhance efficiency, stability, and scalability of software systems
- Support software QA and user testing
- Assess third-party and open source software and develop integrations
- Contribute to the growth and refinement of our engineering culture, processes, and tools
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
- 4+ years of experience in production software engineering
- Strong foundation in computer science concepts (algorithms, data structures, object-oriented programming, design, testing, etc.)
- Self-starter and able to navigate ambiguity and assess rapidly evolving priorities
- Strong team player with great communication skills and collaborative work ethic
- Love of learning (technical and otherwise)
- Experience in fast-growing tech startups is a plus
- Experience with Lean Startup methodologies (agile software development and customer development) is a plus
- US Citizenship required (future security clearance may be required) - must be located in the United States
The application: Node.js shop with a React frontend. Platform built on Express, with a hybrid monolith and microservices architecture. We use Postgres, CouchDB and InfluxDB databases, with a core emphasis on Postgres. It's all containerized with Docker, orchestrated with Kubernetes, and Helm charts tie it all together in our CI pipeline.
Salary range: $120,000 - $175,000
Epsilon3 provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.
Epsilon3 is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Epsilon3 makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
