At Vast our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1 scheduled to be the worlds first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is all-in committed to executing our mission safely and on you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity come join us.
Vast is looking for a Senior Software Engineer Enterprise Applications reporting to the Senior Manager Enterprise Applications to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.
This will be a full-time exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- Work with the team to design and implement web applications using modern frontends and application servers that consume apis and micro-services in a heterogeneous environment.
- Work with the team to design and implement backends including data modeling apis and supporting pipelines.
- Rapidly iterate on tooling and design new applications as the company grows.
- Influence and adopt software practices and patterns that will scale to what will eventually become a very large codebase and team.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in computer science math an engineering discipline or equivalent work experience.
- 6 years of software development or relevant industry experience.
- Experience building shipping and supporting complex data-intensive full-stack software applications.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Experience working on ambiguous problems.
- Experience working with multiple programming languages.
- Experience with API Design.
- Experience with one or more of the following platforms and frameworks
- React Vue or similar
- GraphQL
- Nodejs
- OAuth
- Terraform
- FastAPI
- PostgresSQL MySQL or SQL Server
Pay Range:
- Software Engineer Enterprise Applications: $125000 - $171500
- Senior Software Engineer Enterprise Applications: $155000 - $196000
- Staff Software Engineer Enterprise Applications: $177600 - $235500
Salary Range: California
$125000 - $235500 USD
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge education skills experience business needs and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks including: 100% medical dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 10 days of vacation for non-exempt staff paid parental leave short and long-term disability insurance life insurance access to a 401(k) retirement plan One Medical membership ClassPass credits personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health and other discounts and perks. We also take pride in offering exceptional food perks with snacks drip coffee cold drinks and dinner meals remaining free of charge and lunch subsidized as part of Vasts ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
At Vast our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1 scheduled to b...
At Vast our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1 scheduled to be the worlds first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is all-in committed to executing our mission safely and on you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity come join us.
Vast is looking for a Senior Software Engineer Enterprise Applications reporting to the Senior Manager Enterprise Applications to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.
This will be a full-time exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- Work with the team to design and implement web applications using modern frontends and application servers that consume apis and micro-services in a heterogeneous environment.
- Work with the team to design and implement backends including data modeling apis and supporting pipelines.
- Rapidly iterate on tooling and design new applications as the company grows.
- Influence and adopt software practices and patterns that will scale to what will eventually become a very large codebase and team.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in computer science math an engineering discipline or equivalent work experience.
- 6 years of software development or relevant industry experience.
- Experience building shipping and supporting complex data-intensive full-stack software applications.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Experience working on ambiguous problems.
- Experience working with multiple programming languages.
- Experience with API Design.
- Experience with one or more of the following platforms and frameworks
- React Vue or similar
- GraphQL
- Nodejs
- OAuth
- Terraform
- FastAPI
- PostgresSQL MySQL or SQL Server
Pay Range:
- Software Engineer Enterprise Applications: $125000 - $171500
- Senior Software Engineer Enterprise Applications: $155000 - $196000
- Staff Software Engineer Enterprise Applications: $177600 - $235500
Salary Range: California
$125000 - $235500 USD
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge education skills experience business needs and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks including: 100% medical dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 10 days of vacation for non-exempt staff paid parental leave short and long-term disability insurance life insurance access to a 401(k) retirement plan One Medical membership ClassPass credits personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health and other discounts and perks. We also take pride in offering exceptional food perks with snacks drip coffee cold drinks and dinner meals remaining free of charge and lunch subsidized as part of Vasts ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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