Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise Applications

Vast is developing next-generation space stations and is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build enterprise applications for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. The role involves designing and implementing full-stack web applications, backends, and tooling under the mentorship of seasoned engineers.

• Work with the team to design and implement web applications using modern frontends and application servers that consume apis and micro-services in a heterogeneous environment
• Work with the team to design and implement backends including data modeling, apis, and supporting pipelines
• Rapidly iterate on tooling and design new applications as the company grows
• Influence and adopt software practices and patterns that will scale to what will eventually become a very large codebase and team

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, math, an engineering discipline, or equivalent work experience
• 6+ years of software development or relevant industry experience
• Experience building, shipping, and supporting complex, data-intensive full-stack software applications
• Experience working on ambiguous problems
• Experience working with multiple programming languages
• Experience with API Design
• Experience with one or more of the following platforms and frameworks: React, Vue, or similar; GraphQL; Nodejs; OAuth; Terraform; FastAPI; PostgresSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• Generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and up to 10+ days of vacation for non-exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• ClassPass credits
• Personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health
• Other discounts and perks
• Snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals free of charge, lunch subsidized