Backend Engineer - Mission Operations Services
Toulouse, Occitanie · 4+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 8, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 4+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Toulouse, Occitanie
About the role
- Loft Orbital is looking for a Backend Engineer to join the Mission Operations Services team in Toulouse.
- The role involves building and scaling the microservices that sit between ground and flight software to command, monitor, and automate the satellite fleet.
- Engineers in this role work across multiple satellite platforms and collaborate closely with backend, flight software, embedded systems, test, and satellite operations teams.
Responsibilities
- Design and build backend tools for operations: services that power passes, autopilots, activities, and day-to-day satellite operations.
- Handle commands and telemetry across multiple satellite buses and ground segment providers, with a strong focus on safety, robustness, and observability.
- Write production backend code in Python, owning services end-to-end from design and implementation through deployment and maintenance.
- Collaborate with flight software, embedded software, integration and test, and space infrastructure teams to integrate new satellite buses and capabilities into Cockpit.
- Support internal users of Cockpit (operators, test engineers, solutions engineers) by improving APIs, workflows, and debugging tools.
- Have the opportunity to take part in spacecraft operations through SatDevOps rotations, occasionally helping investigate anomalies and supporting real-time incident response when needed.
Requirements
- 4+ years of relevant backend software engineering experience in production environments
- Solid Python development experience in a production environment
- Experience with Docker and container-based development
- Hands-on experience with backend web development frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, FastAPI, etc.)
- Proven API design skills (designing, documenting, and maintaining HTTP/GraphQL/REST-style APIs)
- Strong database fundamentals and practical experience (e.g., Postgres, time-series DBs)
Benefits
- Equity, we want you to have an active role in our success
- Up to 35 days of Paid Time Off (vacations & RTT ) and flexible working hours
- Health and life insurance
- Lunch Vouchers
- Cross-office travel opportunities between San Francisco, Colorado, and Toulouse
- Company and team off-sites and many other events
- Relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable
Skills
- Python
- Docker
- Django
- Flask
- FastAPI
- HTTP
- GraphQL
- REST
- Postgres
- Kubernetes
- InfluxDB
- TimescaleDB
