Data Engineer

The role

This person will support highly reliable data solutions used from factory floors to mission control. They will maintain data design to improve how spacecraft are designed, built, and operated.

What you will do

• Support highly reliable data solutions used across K2 Space
• Maintain data design that improve how we design, build, and operate our spacecraft
• Partner closely with engineers, business partners, and leaders across disciplines
• Maintain data solution to ensure high availability and correctness
• Use data to drive prioritization of work and design of solutions
• Actively contribute to building a culture of transparency, empathy, integrity, and engineering excellence
• Actively learning from staff members and help team members build good culture and engineering practices

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, mathematics or a STEM discipline or 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering
• 2+ years of working experience with structure databases such as MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake
• 2+ years of in-depth experience with hosted database solutions such as AWS RDS, AWS PostgreSQL
• 1+ years of working experience with CI/CD deployment
• Working experience with Docker
• Working experience with Kubernetes (prefer AWS EKS)
• Working experience with REST API

Nice to have

• Experience with distributed data designs such as caching, sharding, data validation
• Experience with public cloud data warehouse solution
• Experience with data designs for physical product manufacturing
• Working experience with data analytic such as AWS Redshift
• Working experience with data migration process, including data normalization, schema mapping, data serialization, data pipeline, ETL, real-time or near real-time data replication, data mirroring

Benefits

• paid time off
• medical/dental/vision/ coverage
• life insurance
• paid parental leave
• many other perks

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license

About the company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown. The enterprise software team builds the digital backbone that powers K2 Space’s satellite design, manufacturing, and mission operations.