Senior Integration Software Lead - Remote

Meet Slingshot

At Slingshot Aerospace, we’re on a mission to make space safer and more secure for everyone. Our work directly impacts global security, disaster response, climate monitoring, and the critical infrastructure that connects our world. We’re a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who believe that the next generation of space operations will be powered by better data and smarter software.

We move fast, we’re not afraid to fail, and we believe the best ideas can come from anywhere—whether you’re in engineering, sales, product, or operations. If you want to work on something that truly matters, with people who care deeply about the impact we’re making and help shape the future of an industry that’s just getting started, you’re in the right place.

As a Senior Integrator Software Engineer, you will design, build and integrate capabilities that advance the development of our products. You will deliver your own timely high-quality code and support your team by mentoring and providing support when needed. You’ll work cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to implement the right-sized solution that meets product requirements in a timely manner.

You lead the effort in deploying and managing the on-premise software components. As the technical owner of an integration project, you will be a key advisor to senior leaders.

Slingshot Aerospace cares deeply about our commitment to company values, mission, and purpose. The core competencies we will be looking to identify include: intellectual agility, ability to develop innovative solutions, leadership, performance-orientation, and industry expertise.

• Own the overall technical leadership and direction for a portion of Slingshot’s integration projects, supporting your fellow team members to achieve success in a sustainable long-term manner
• Balance timely delivery with the operational stability of the overall system
• Foster an environment and culture of personal and professional growth
• Turn architecture ideas into technical specifications that can be executed by the team
• Lead integration lifecycle, from planning to on-prem deployment.
• Productionalized support of the architecture and capabilities developed by the team
• Coordinate technical design and implementation across teams to deliver customer requirements as extensions to core capabilities and deliver to onsite locations.
• Participate in customer engagements and lead technical discussions
• Act as a mentor for other team members
• Perform other duties as assigned (to be less than 10% of the responsibilities listed above)

• 7+ years of experience in software development
• Served as a tech lead or equivalent role for 3+ years
• 4-year degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
• Experience using our stack or similar technologies (Java/Kotlin, Python, GraphQL, REST, Docker, React, Type Script)
• Adept in working with cloud-based deployments (Azure, AWS) PaaS and IaaS offerings including some experience with Infrastructure-As-Code solutions
• Experience with containerization and Kubernetes
• Deep working knowledge of version control (Git) and CI/CD tools (Git Hub Actions)
• Experience with event-driven architectures including Kafka and Cloud Events, data platforms, microservices, and distributed systems
• Leading initiatives to ensure unit and integration tests are part of the Definition of Done
• Knowledgeable in database design, performance, and troubleshooting (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j)
• Skilled in collaborating with data scientists in incorporating AI/ML/LLM into existing software products
• Proficient in integrating complex external systems with APIs
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance

• Possess security compliance accreditation such as NIST 800-53, DoD ILs, FedRAMP in higher-classification cloud or air-gapped environments and have experience supporting organizations to obtain accreditation
• Experience with fast-moving software technology startups and product organizations
• Knowledge of frontend technologies, specifically React, Three.js
• Demonstrated…