Senior Mission Software Engineer

Waltham · Waltham, MA (WMA-01) · USD 191,000-253,000 · 5+ years experience · Full-time · Remote · Posted Sep 28, 2026

At a glance

We're looking for a Mission Software Engineer to join the Imaging Interfaces team.
This is not a pure product development role, as 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.

Own fielded system success by being responsible for the health and uptime of deployed imaging systems.
Triage, diagnose, and drive resolution when issues arise whether the root cause is in your code, the firmware, the network, or the hardware.
Build and maintain production services by 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, sometimes remotely and sometimes 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.

5+ years of experience in software development with meaningful production responsibility—not just shipping features, but owning systems after they ship
Strong Python and C++ skills
5+ years working in Linux-based environments, including bare-metal hardware
Demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve issues across system boundaries (networking, services, hardware interaction) 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
Willingness to travel approximately 15% of the time for field testing and customer integrations
Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance

Experience with gRPC or similar RPC frameworks
Familiarity with systems service management and observability practices on Linux
React/JSX experience
Familiarity with Nix or NixOS
Experience supporting fielded or deployed systems, not just development environments

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 available at little to no cost to employees

Travel expected approximately 15% of the time for field testing and customer integrations.