Full Stack Engineer

Location: San Rufo

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Why Leo Labs?
At Leo Labs, we’re building the living map of activity in space. Through our proprietary global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform, we collect millions of measurements daily on more than 241,000 objects in low Earth orbit (LEO). Our radar-powered intelligence protects billions in assets, monitors adversarial behavior, and ensures safe operations for commercial and government missions.

We’re not just building technology, we are redefining global security, safety, and transparency in space. As orbital activity accelerates and threats grow more complex, Leo Labs is a trusted partner for Space Domain Awareness, Space Traffic Management, and Satellite Operations for top‑tier space operators and allied defense organizations. If you’re looking to work on mission‑critical challenges at the forefront of aerospace, national security, and AI, your impact starts here.

The Opportunity
Leo Labs is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Full‑Stack Software Engineer to join our cross‑functional Insights team. This is a collaborative high‑impact team of 10 engineers and a key part of our broader 30‑person software engineering organization. As a Full‑Stack Engineer on the Insights team, you will play a central role in developing customer‑facing analytics, integrations with customer systems, and mission‑critical APIs and services.

Your work will power real‑time decisions that help protect and manage satellites and other objects in low‑earth orbit.

The Insights Team Builds and Maintains

Web‑based UIs and applications

Backend services and business logic

Integrations between systems and APIs

Deployments to cloud and on‑site environments

Interfaces with Leo Labs’ data lake

We leverage services built and maintained by other Leo Labs teams, including radar development and operations and catalog maintenance. While this role will be primarily focused on delivery of back‑end services, some experience with front‑end development is desirable.

What You’ll Do

Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud‑based backend services and APIs

Collaborate with front‑end engineers, data teams, and infrastructure to deliver full‑feature solutions

Ensure reliability, performance, and scalability of production systems

Integrate with internal and customer‑facing systems using secure, robust practices

Deploy services to both cloud and on‑site environments

Participate in the full Agile development lifecycle: planning, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance

Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering practices, tooling, and architecture

Qualifications

B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

5+ years of professional software engineering experience in a fast‑paced development environment

Extensive experience designing, building, testing, deploying and maintaining cloud‑based software services and APIs

Significant expertise in Python is required, with additional experience in languages such as Go or C++ considered a plus

Strong knowledge of software development and testing methodologies, best practices, and industry standards

Experience with cloud environments like AWS/GCP/Azure

Experience with databases like Postgres/MySQL

Experience building message‑driven applications with tools such as Kafka and SQS

Solid understanding of Agile workflows and principles

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to collaborate across technical and non‑technical teams

Willingness to participate in on‑call rotations for critical issue response

Eligibility for US security clearance

Preferred qualifications

Experience deploying and managing applications in Kubernetes, including container orchestration, scaling, and monitoring in cloud environments

Familiarity with building user interfaces with front‑end technologies such as Type Script, JavaScript and HTML

Desired experience in deploying, managing, and troubleshooting applications using Kubernetes

Background in Math/Physics, AI/ML, or Orbital Mechanics

Active US security clearance

Within 1 month, you’ll:

Complete onboarding and get ramped up on our mission, team, and tech stack.…