Mission Software Engineer

Waltham · Waltham, MA (WMA-01) · USD 166,000-220,000 · 3+ years experience · Full-time · Remote · Posted Oct 16, 2026

At a glance

You will spend meaningful time keeping fielded systems alive, triaging issues across the full stack, and serving as a technical representative for our products in integrations with external teams and customers.
The work is varied and sometimes ambiguous, requiring comfort ranging from extending a gRPC service to diagnosing time sync issues on deployed devices or traveling to support customer integrations.

Own fielded system success, maintaining responsibility for the health and uptime of deployed imaging systems by triaging, diagnosing, and driving resolution when issues arise.
Build and maintain production services, developing and extending modular software services that run on edge-compute devices in austere environments.
Support field operations by working directly with field operators and non-technical users to diagnose and resolve issues on deployed hardware.
Represent the team externally as a subject matter expert in integrations with other products and teams, both remotely and on-site.
Maintain end-to-end system understanding across hardware, firmware, networking, and software to optimize how services interact and degrade gracefully when components fail.
Collaborate across teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality alongside firmware, hardware, and platform engineers.
Travel expected approximately 25% of the time for field testing and customer integrations.

3+ years of software development with meaningful production ownership, including owning systems after they ship regarding their health, uptime, and behavior.
Deep proficiency in at least one of C++, TypeScript (node.js/React), or Python, and the ability to work effectively across the stack boundary in a second language.
Comfort ramping quickly into unfamiliar languages, tools, and deployment systems.
3+ years working in Linux-based environments, including hands-on work with bare-metal hardware.
Demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve issues across system boundaries without always having full visibility into every component.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical problems clearly to non-technical audiences.
Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance.

Strength with performance-sensitive, real-time, or resource-constrained systems (edge or embedded).
Experience with gRPC or similar RPC frameworks.
Familiarity with systemd service management and observability practices on Linux.
Familiarity with Nix or NixOS.
Experience supporting fielded or deployed systems, not just development environments.
Experience with imaging, EO/IR, ISR, or command-and-control (C2) systems.

Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers
Top-tier benefits for full-time employees supporting health, recovery, and whatever comes next

Travel expected approximately 25% of the time for field testing and customer integrations.