LeoLabs
Posted 73 days agoVerified live 16h ago
Radar Software Engineer
Brief overview
Remote
UndergradOr in progress
3+ yrsMinimum
1 H-1B approvalsDept. of Labor
1 green cardsCertified filings
Clearance requiredU.S. government
PythonCI/CD pipelinesSoftware testing practicesREST API design and implementationDatabase systemsSQLNoSQLQuery writingSchema designTest infrastructureDeployment automationLinux system administrationLinux system tuningObservability toolingStructured loggingDistributed tracingAlerting
About the company
LeoLabsleolabs.space
LeoLabs is an aerospace company that supplies and provides low Earth orbit mapping and space situational awareness services.
Visa sponsorship history
1 year sponsoring, last filed FY2025
Data powered by U.S. Department of Labor. This does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.1H-1B approved
100%approval rate
1PERM certified
H-1B Petition ApprovalsVisas USCIS actually granted: the strongest sign the company sponsors.
20251
Green Card (PERM) FilingsCertified green card filings: a long-term commitment to international hires.
20251
Job description
Summary
LeoLabs is building a living map of activity in space through its global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform. The Radar Software Engineer will support the development and maintenance of advanced software for phased array radars, directly impacting national security and commercial space operations.
Responsibilities
- Software Development & System Reliability
- Build out tests and observability tooling (logs, metrics, alerts)
- Improve unit test speed and parallelization
- Simplify and document local unit test execution for all team members
- Develop and integrate system/integration tests into the automated testing pipeline
- Rewrite and harden the radar deployment system for robustness, speed, and reliability
- Maintain CI pipelines and GitHub Actions workflows for the radar software stack
- Build and maintain a Radar team operational dashboard
- Develop new data plotting and file writing utilities for data output
- Benchmark and analyze Linux system tuning for real-time radar applications
- Improve configuration management system
Skills
- Strong proficiency in Python for services, tooling, and automation
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Solid understanding of software testing practices
- Experience with REST API design and implementation
- Ability to work effectively across software, infrastructure, and operations teams
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. personnel security clearance
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, plus 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- Experience with database systems (SQL and/or NoSQL), query writing, and schema design
- Demonstrated experience improving developer experience: test infrastructure, local dev tooling, or deployment automation
- Experience with cloud platforms and SRE/DevOps practices
- Proficiency in Linux system administration and performance tuning
- Dashboard and data visualization development
- Experience with high-performance or real-time Linux systems tuning (IRQ affinity, CPU isolation, kernel parameters)
- Background in observability tooling: structured logging, distributed tracing, alerting
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Strong proficiency in Python for services, tooling, and automation
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Solid understanding of software testing practices
- Experience with REST API design and implementation
- Ability to work effectively across software, infrastructure, and operations teams
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. personnel security clearance
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, plus 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- Experience with database systems (SQL and/or NoSQL), query writing, and schema design
- Demonstrated experience improving developer experience: test infrastructure, local dev tooling, or deployment automation
Nice to Haves
- Experience with cloud platforms and SRE/DevOps practices
- Proficiency in Linux system administration and performance tuning
- Dashboard and data visualization development
- Experience with high-performance or real-time Linux systems tuning (IRQ affinity, CPU isolation, kernel parameters)
- Background in observability tooling: structured logging, distributed tracing, alerting
Benefits
- Flexible remote/hybrid opportunities
- Work on complex, meaningful missions with real-world impact
- Unlimited paid time off for most roles
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
- Access to the forefront of commercial space operations and defense innovation
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