Ground Systems Software Engineer

Overview

Lynk is the inventor of satellite direct to device or D2D technology, and has the world s only commercial license from the FCC to operate a commercial D2D system. Today, Lynk allows mobile network operators  subscribers to send and receive text messages to and from space via standard unmodified, mobile devices. Lynk s service has been tested and proven on all seven continents, has regulatory approvals in more than 30 countries and is currently being deployed commercially based on more than 40 MNO commercial service contracts covering approximately 50 countries.

Our technology will enable all 8 billion people on the planet to stay connected with the existing standard phone in their pocket. Everywhere. No matter what.

By joining Lynk, you will have the opportunity to directly touch the lives of billions. Your mission will be to bring mobile broadband to millions, pull hundreds of millions out of poverty, and save countless lives.

Lynk is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join the Mission Operations team, focused on the ground segment of our satellite constellation. You will design, build, and ship the backend services, APIs, and automation that connect Lynk s global ground station network to our Mission Operations Software — the platform our operators use to command, monitor, and fly the constellation every day.

This is first and foremost a software development role. Our Mission Operations Software is a growing platform of Python microservices (FastAPI) with web dashboards (React and Vue), event-driven messaging (MQTT), and hybrid AWS/on-prem infrastructure managed as code. You will own services end to end: designing APIs and data models, writing well-tested code, reviewing your teammates  merge requests, running CI/CD pipelines, and operating what you ship.

You will also help build the next generation of this platform as we move toward a cloud-native, event-driven architecture on AWS.

Because the software commands real satellites through real RF ground stations, the role also touches Linux systems, networking, and ground station hardware interfaces. You don t need to be an RF engineer, but you should enjoy writing software whose bugs and successes show up in the physical world, and working closely with the flight software, telecom, and ground site engineers who live there.

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services that schedule satellite contacts, prepare and transmit spacecraft commands, ingest and process telemetry, and manage ground station configuration.

• Build and evolve REST APIs and event-driven integrations (MQTT, message queues) between ground stations, network services, and Mission Operations tools.

• Write production-quality Python; contribute to shared libraries, service patterns, and developer tooling used across the Mission Operations codebase.

• Contribute to web dashboards and operator-facing tools (React/Vue) that visualize telemetry, contact schedules, and system health.

• Participate fully in the team s engineering practices: merge request reviews, automated testing, Git Lab CI/CD, architecture decision records, and AI-augmented development workflows.

• Help design and implement Lynk s next-generation, cloud-native Mission Operations platform on AWS — event-driven services, managed API gateways and identity (Amazon API Gateway, Cognito), serverless and container workloads, and first-class observability.

• Migrate existing services incrementally from today s hybrid environment without disrupting live constellation operations.

• Develop the software interfaces that integrate new and upgraded ground stations — network equipment, modems, RF systems — into the operational environment.

• Automate ground station deployment, configuration, monitoring, and recovery using infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible).

• Improve observability across the ground segment: telemetry pipelines, dashboards, alerting, logging, and metrics.

• Troubleshoot issues that span software, networks, and hardware interfaces; provide occasional on-call support for mission-critical operations.