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title: 'Senior Software Engineer, Flight + Plan at Quindar'
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# Senior Software Engineer, Flight + Plan at Quindar

- **Company:** Quindar
- **Location:** Denver, CO
- **Compensation:** $140k–$180k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-24
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/quindar/d1d11006-d1e8-42c4-b1ea-02f4013c1ddb

## Job description

## What You’ll Be Doing

As a Senior Software Engineer on Quindar’s Flight + Plan team, you will lead the design and development of mission-planning systems that support real-world spacecraft operations. Your work will focus on optimization, scheduling, operational automation, and high-performance backend services across Quindar’s platform. You’ll work primarily in Python to build reliable production systems that solve computationally demanding planning problems. These systems must process large search spaces, respond with low latency, and scale from individual spacecraft to large satellite constellations. You’ll develop and validate algorithms, design distributed services, and improve the performance and operational resilience of mission-critical workflows. This role sits at the intersection of optimization, backend software engineering, and space operations. You’ll collaborate closely with software engineers, flight dynamics engineers, satellite operators, frontend engineers, and product leaders to turn complex operational requirements into maintainable and scalable software. We’re looking for an engineer who combines strong software fundamentals with mathematical problem-solving skills and sound engineering judgment. You should be comfortable taking ownership of ambiguous technical problems, evaluating tradeoffs, and carrying solutions from initial design through production operation. Quindar encourages engineers to seek leverage through automation and AI-assisted development. We use modern engineering tools to accelerate implementation, deepen validation, improve debugging, and reduce operational friction while maintaining a high standard for correctness and reliability. In this role, you will:

- Lead the design and implementation of mission-planning, scheduling, optimization, and operational-automation systems
- Develop and validate algorithms that solve complex planning and resource-allocation problems across large solution spaces
- Build high-performance APIs and distributed services for low-latency and compute-intensive workloads
- Improve the scalability, reliability, observability, and operational readiness of mission-critical systems
- Collaborate across software, program, product, and operations to turn complex requirements into robust production solutions
- Help shape technical direction, mentor other engineers, and use automation and AI-assisted practices to improve engineering velocity and quality

Required Technical Skills

- Strong proficiency in Python and deep experience designing, building, and operating production backend systems
- Experience developing high-performance software for low-latency, compute-intensive, or data-intensive workloads
- Applied experience with optimization, scheduling, search, planning, or resource allocation, using techniques such as constraint programming, mixed-integer programming, vehicle routing, heuristics, or other operations-research methods
- Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, computational complexity, performance analysis, and system profiling
- Experience designing and troubleshooting APIs, distributed systems, relational databases, and containerized cloud applications
- Strong software-engineering fundamentals, including architecture, testing, CI/CD, observability, and modern Git-based workflows

What Makes You Stand Out

- You have experience with flight dynamics, orbital mechanics, astrodynamics, spacecraft operations, or aerospace modeling and simulation
- You can translate ambiguous operational needs into well-defined planning, optimization, and software problems
- You have hands-on experience with cislunar mission design, trajectory planning, or operations in the Earth-Moon system
- You evaluate algorithmic approaches based on solution quality, runtime, scalability, reliability, and operational constraints
- You balance long-term architectural thinking with pragmatic, iterative delivery and communicate clearly across disciplines
- You naturally take ownership, mentor others, use automation and AI thoughtfully, and help raise the technical bar for the team

Background Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, or a related technical field—or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years of professional software-engineering experience involving backend systems, distributed systems, optimization, planning, modeling and simulation, or related technical domains
- Demonstrated experience independently driving complex software from concept and technical design through production deployment and operation
- Active U.S. Secret security clearance, with the ability to maintain it throughout employment

ITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicants must be a: (i) U.S. citizen or national; (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, also known as a green card holder; (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157; or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158—or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about ITAR [here](https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/ddtc_public/ddtc_public?id=ddtc_kb_article_page&sys_id=24d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987).

## Why You’ll Love Working at Quindar

- Work on cutting-edge technology and see your contributions directly support the success of real-world space missions!
- Make a meaningful impact as part of a small, collaborative team where your ideas, expertise, and leadership truly matter.
- Enjoy unlimited PTO, a minimum of 15 days off each year, and most U.S. federal holidays—we take work-life balance seriously!
- Take care of yourself and your family with quarterly health and wellness benefits, comprehensive health insurance, and 100% employee coverage.
- Invest in your future with a 4% 401(k) match, and connect with the team at our annual four-day company offsite in destinations across the country!
- Help shape what comes next at Quindar as our technology, culture, and company continue to evolve!

## About Quindar

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Quindar provides a cloud-native, automation-first mission management platform that enables satellite operators to monitor, control, and automate spacecraft operations at scale.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: Arvada, Colorado, United States
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Nate Hamet (CEO), Zach Meza (Head of Engineering & Co-Founder), Shaishav Parekh (Co-Founder), Sandilya Bhagavathula (Co-Founder), David Lawrence (Co-Founder & Head of Strategy)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Space Technology / Satellite Operations / Aerospace & Defense
- **Target customers**: Commercial satellite operators, government space agencies (e.g., NASA), defense organizations, and constellation operators (B2B, Enterprise, Government)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Satellites are flying servers in space, we provide the ground software to keep them up and running." The company aims to democratize space by providing the IT infrastructure for satellite operations, allowing customers to focus on their mission.

## Products & Services
- **Quindar Mission Management Platform**: A cloud-hosted, one-stop-shop for spacecraft analysis, test, and operations. It provides a Common Operating Picture (COP) for multi-mission awareness, system-of-systems integration, and automation. Key features include:
    - **Automation-First Operations**: Allows a single engineer to operate hundreds of satellites.
    - **Common Operating Picture**: Unifies visibility and control across spacecraft, payloads, and ground systems.
    - **System-of-Systems Integration**: Integrates with existing satellite architectures (e.g., AWS, Atlas antennas, KSAT) without forcing replacement.
    - **Resiliency**: Adapts to disruptions across spacecraft, networks, and ground infrastructure.
    - **Open Architecture (MOSA)**: Built on modular, standards-based principles for vendor independence.
    - **Security**: Built on AWS GovCloud with FedRAMP and NIST security controls.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$8.8M** across 6 rounds (Seed, Pre-Seed, Grants). Annual Revenue estimated at **$3.2M**.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**:
    - **Booz Allen Ventures** (strategic investment in July 2024)
    - **FUSE** (led the $6M Seed round in January 2024)
    - **KSAT** (Kongsberg Satellite Services) – partnership for antenna network integration
    - **Y Combinator** (Summer 2022 batch)
    - **Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)**
    - **Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade**
- **Growth Signals**:
    - **Headcount**: 45 employees (+68.8% YoY growth)
    - **LinkedIn Followers**: 4,517 (+57% YoY)
    - **Active Job Postings**: 30 (+650% YoY growth in postings)
    - **Recent News**: Booz Allen Ventures investment (2024), $6M Seed extension (2024), partnership with KSAT (2024)
    - **Talent Sources**: Strong hiring from Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Sierra Space, Capella Space, and Metrea Orbital Effects.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Founding Team Expertise**: Founded by six former OneWeb engineers who built the software platform operating the second-largest satellite constellation in orbit. They have deep, first-hand experience with the pain points of legacy ground systems.
- **Cloud-Native & Automation-First**: Unlike legacy COTS products built 20+ years ago, Quindar is a modern, web-native SaaS platform designed for scale (hundreds of satellites per operator).
- **Vendor Independence**: The platform integrates with existing hardware and software (antennas, satellites, ground systems) without requiring replacement, reducing customer lock-in and migration risk.
- **Government & Defense Trust**: Already trusted by government and defense organizations, with a focus on FedRAMP and NIST security controls, positioning it well for the growing defense space market.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the Platform**: Continuing to build out automation and AI tools for spacecraft management (e.g., AI-driven anomaly detection).
- **Government & Defense Expansion**: Deepening relationships with US government and defense agencies, as evidenced by the Booz Allen investment and dedicated business development roles.
- **Partnership Ecosystem**: Expanding integrations with antenna networks (KSAT, Atlas) and cloud providers (AWS) to offer a more complete, turnkey solution.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring across engineering, product, and business development to support rapid growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Mission**: A fast-paced, engineering-driven startup founded by operators who "lived the pain" of satellite operations. The mission is to democratize space and make satellite operations as reliable as cloud computing.
- **Growth Trajectory**: The company is in a high-growth phase (68% headcount growth, 650% job posting growth YoY), offering significant career advancement opportunities.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: The company has a presence in Arvada, CO, and Irvine, CA, and appears to support remote work (job postings list multiple US locations). The Y Combinator profile lists "Irvine, CA, US / Arvada, CO, US" as locations.
- **Engineering Culture**: Described as "automation first" and "mission ready." The team is composed of engineers from top aerospace and tech companies (OneWeb, Lockheed Martin, Boeing). The tech stack is modern (cloud-native, AWS GovCloud).
- **Notable Perks**: Working on cutting-edge space technology with a direct impact on national security and commercial space infrastructure. The company is backed by top-tier investors (Y Combinator, Booz Allen).

## Sources
1. [quindar.space](https://quindar.space/)
2. [quindar.space/about-us](https://quindar.space/about-us/)
3. [linkedin.com/company/quindarspace](https://www.linkedin.com/company/quindarspace)
4. [ycombinator.com/companies/quindar](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/quindar)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/quindar](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/quindar)
6. [spacenews.com](https://spacenews.com/quindar-raises-6-million-for-automation-of-satellite-constellation-operations/)
7. [spacenews.com](https://spacenews.com/booz-allen-ventures-invests-in-space-tech-startup-quindar/)

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