About Northwood:

Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company bringing the benefits of space to the masses through advanced communications technology. We are building a global network of phased array ground stations that enable real-time, reliable communication for satellite missions such as national security, global connectivity, and disaster response. With a vertically integrated approach, Northwood designs, builds, and rapidly deploys scalable systems that power the next generation of space missions. If you like solving complex challenges and seeing your work deployed around the world with real impact, Northwood is the place to do it.

Role:

Northwood Space is looking for a backend focused Staff Engineer to join our Software team. In this role, you will lead the development of our cloud-based platform that manages global antenna scheduling, customer booking, and service provisioning. You will design and implement scalable systems for resource allocation, billing, and customer-facing APIs that enable seamless access to our space communication network. Your expertise in cloud architecture and distributed systems will be essential in creating reliable, performant services that handle complex scheduling constraints while delivering a simple customer experience.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop Northwood's cloud-based scheduling and orchestration system for global antenna network access
• Build and maintain customer-facing APIs and interfaces for everything from scheduling to real time communications and data routing
• Design and implement Northwood's control and data planes, ensuring seamless integration across on-premises and cloud environments
• Develop billing and metering systems that accurately track resource usage and generate invoices
• Create orchestration systems to coordinate antenna operations across our global network
• Collaborate with Customers, network operations, and the larger software team to build a truly resilient global network
• Work with customers on defining secure and scalable interfaces for Telemetry, Tracking, and Control (TT&C) and payload data transfer, putting simplicity and extensibility first

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• 3+ years building and scaling cloud-based services and APIs in production environments