Backend / Data Platform Engineer

Position Overview

London · Full time · On-site

You'll build the platform that ingests, processes and serves our tracking data, all the way from station to customer API.

What you'll do

• Build ingest pipelines from our stations and from third-party data sources
• Design data models and storage for high-volume, time-series scientific data
• Build and maintain customer APIs and data delivery in standard formats
• Make pipelines reliable, observable and secure, including for customers with strict data-handling requirements
• Work closely with front-end, geodesy and orbit determination engineers

What you'll bring

• Extensive experience building backend systems in production
• Strong Python (or Go or Rust) and SQL
• Experience with data pipelines, message queues and time-series storage
• Cloud infrastructure and containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Care for testing, security and documentation

Nice to have

• Scientific or geospatial data
• Space data standards (CCSDS, CRD)
• Streaming platforms such as Kafka
• A background in space situational awareness

What We Offer

• A high-impact role with real ownership at an early-stage, venture-backed spacetech company
• EMI share options (UK employees)
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Cycle to work schemes
• Work alongside engineers and scientists across optics, lasers, software and astrodynamics
• Offices in central London, with snacks, tea, coffee and regular social

We actively champion underrepresented groups and seek to bridge gaps in our workforce. If you're excited by the role but don't match every point, or you’re seeking a part time role, please apply anyway and add a note into your application. Building the best team is our priority.