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Within the operational fleet of Loft satellites, the team is responsible for the stability of the satellite bus, the Hub, and Loft-owned payloads as a platform to execute customer missions.\r\nLoft's business and its customer's businesses are built on the reliability of its space infrastructure. This team's work is foundational for that model, and gives you a wide latitude to work on different systems, ranging from code that interacts with and uses Cockpit, our mission control system, to code that executes onboard our satellites. It will also give you the opportunity to become a Flight Director, responsible for the health and safety of our fleet.\r\nAbout this Role Develop and maintain the software systems that autonomously operate our satellites, improving the reliability and scalability of our space infrastructure.\r\nBuild tools, systems, and software libraries to enable other teams to integrate and operate effectively on Loft's satellite platform.\r\nScale our satellite operations software to support an increasingly heterogeneous and growing fleet.\r\nPartner with product teams to drive continuous improvements based on operational and integration feedback.\r\nContribute to and maintain SatDevOps Academy, our internal training program for company-wide satellite operations readiness.\r\nServe as a rotating Flight Director, overseeing incident response and ensuring the health and safety of the fleet.\r\nMust Haves Proven experience developing software, with solid skills in automation.\r\nAbility to work across the full software and hardware stack—including ground-based automation, space-based automation, and the interfaces that connect them.\r\nProficiency in Python and Git.\r\nWillingness and enthusiasm to be trained as a satellite controller and Flight Director (including participation in the on-call rotation).\r\nPragmatic mindset: able to balance long-term reliability with short- and medium-term solutions.\r\nAccountability and autonomy; comfortable taking ownership and delivering results.\r\nOpenness to learning, working outside your comfort zone, and tackling unfamiliar challenges.\r\nNice to Haves 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.\r\nFamiliarity or experience with Docker, Lua, Linux, CI/CD pipelines, test engineering, or reliability engineering.\r\nHands-on experience as a satellite operator.\r\nBenefits 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents\r\nFlexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA\r\n100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance\r\nFlexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays\r\n401(k) plan and equity options\r\nDaily catered lunches and snacks in office\r\nInternational exposure to our team in France\r\nFully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for birthing parent and 10 weeks for non-birthing parent\r\nCarrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support\r\nOff-sites and many social events and celebrations\r\nRelocation assistance when applicable\r\nSalary: 131000 - 176000 USD a year\r\nJ-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Cerebras","rawCompany":"cerebras","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-06-25T01:16:38.444Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1253.00","title":"Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers","slug":"software-quality-assurance-analysts-and-testers"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"336414","title":"Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing","slug":"guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Software Engineer - Space Infrastructure","description":"Overview As a Space Infrastructure Software Engineer, you are responsible for scaling our ability to operate a heterogeneous fleet of satellites—spanning dedicated, rideshare, and constellation missions. 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