Remote Go Engineer — DevOps Satellite Ground Systems

Salary: $135,500 - $214,000 per year

Location: USA, California, San Jose

Job type: Full time

As a Software Engineer at Viasat, you will be part of the Access Network group on the Beam / Satellites Resource Management teams, responsible for back-end and full-stack software development on an Agile Dev Ops team. You will be involved in all phases of the software lifecycle from requirements gathering, design, development, monitoring, operation, and analytics of our global network.

Hard skills:

• beginner in:
  Automation

Hard skills:

• beginner in:
  Networking, Operating Systems, Docker, Regression, Machine Learning, Monitoring, Feature Engineering, GKE, Ansible, CD, Classification, Jenkins, Algorithms, Data Structures, Forecasting

5-8 years of experience in Software Development or related engineering experience. At least 5 years proficiency in an object oriented programming language. Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience. Competence with Kubernetes. Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems and development environments. Broad range of technology interests across different subject areas including computer and system architecture, API design and development, performance analysis, distributed systems design, testing and verification technologies, data processing, cloud computing, and networking.

Willingness to engage as a Dev Ops engineer, who can handle the different stages of the software development cycle from design, development, testing, deployment, and production support. Ability to work on distributed remote agile teams with a high degree of self‑motivation and ability to work independently. Excellent communication and partnership skills to drive interaction with peer engineers, and project managers.

Work on a small core team of dedicated, collaborative, and highly technical engineers. Leverage modern technologies (e.g. GoLang, GKE) and development practices to make meaningful improvements to a key ground system component of the Viasat-3 Satellite Network. Collaborate with system engineers and other ground system teams to develop new features and own them through the full software development lifecycle. Ensure continuous and seamless data coverage to more and more customers.

• Vision insurance
• Opportunities for advancement
• Life insurance
• Dental insurance
• Medical insurance
• Work from home
• Stock options
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Flexible schedule
• Parental leave
• 401(k)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws. All employment decisions at VORKIS are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.