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title: 'Sr. Full Stack Engineer at Xona Space Systems'
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# Sr. Full Stack Engineer at Xona Space Systems

- **Company:** Xona Space Systems
- **Location:** Burlingame, CA
- **Compensation:** $140k–$200k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-01-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-14
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/xona-space/23d052b9-fd42-43de-94d9-fce844102d2f/application

**Skills:** React, Angular, Vue, Python, Node.js, REST APIs, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Distributed Systems, Microservices, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure

> Design and build platform services for commanding spacecraft, monitoring telemetry, and supporting flight operations. Develop scalable backend services, REST APIs, and high-performance front-end interfaces while optimizing data models and contributing to CI/CD pipelines.

## Job description

Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth.

With Pulsar – the world’s most advanced PNT satellite infrastructure in Low Earth Orbit – Xona will offer a future-proof, backwards-compatible global positioning system optimized for absolute precision, superior power, and robust protection.

We are seeking a Sr. Full-Stack Engineer to help design and build the platform serves as the primary interface for commanding spacecraft, monitoring real-time telemetry, and supporting flight operations across development, test, and on-orbit environments. The software you will build will directly be involved with enabling safe and efficient spacecraft operations throughout the mission lifecycle, and ultimately transition to managing an entire constellation of spacecrafts that is serving customers across the globe.

## What You’ll Do

- Lead the end-to-end design, development, testing, and deployment of mission control software that supports spacecraft commanding, real-time telemetry monitoring, and flight operations.
- Design and implement scalable backend services, microservices, and REST APIs that enable real-time command and control interfaces.
- Build responsive, high-performance front-end user interfaces optimized for spacecraft constellation management and flight operations at scale.
- Design, implement, and optimize SQL and NoSQL data models, ensuring high performance and reliability under operational workloads.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and cloud-based deployments.
- Monitor application performance, logs, and reliability metrics to ensure system stability and operational readiness.
- Support containerized deployments using Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and cross-functional engineering teams to define scope, requirements, and delivery timelines.

Required Qualifications

- 5+ years of professional full-stack software engineering experience.
- Expertise in at least one modern front-end framework (React, Angular, or Vue).
- Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Python or Node.js.
- Hands-on experience designing and consuming RESTful (and/or GraphQL) APIs.
- Strong understanding of relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB).
- Solid knowledge of distributed systems, microservices architectures, and system resiliency.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience deploying and operating cloud-based systems on platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Desired Qualifications

- Experience building software that supports mission-critical, real-time, or operational systems.
- Prior exposure to aerospace, satellite, or complex hardware-integrated systems.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
- Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and logging tools for production systems.
- Ability to mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical direction and best practices.

For U.S. Roles: To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States (i.e. Green Card holder), or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

For U.K. Roles: To comply with U.K. regulations, this role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks, and successful candidates must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).

For Canada Roles: Successful candidates must obtain and hold a security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

## About Xona Space Systems

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Xona Space Systems is building Pulsar, a high-integrity positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) constellation in Low Earth Orbit that delivers authenticated, centimeter-accurate services as a resilient alternative to GPS.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C – $170M raised ~April 2026)
- **Headquarters**: Burlingame, California, USA (also offices in Montreal, Canada and London, England)
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Brian Manning (CEO), Tyler Reid (CTO), Adrien Perkins (VP of Engineering)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Aerospace / Satellite Navigation, Defense & Critical Infrastructure, Autonomous Systems
- **Target customers**: B2B / B2G – enterprise, government, defense, autonomous robotics, construction, industrial IoT, and any application requiring resilient PNT
- **Mission**: “Unlock the potential of tomorrow’s technologies by providing the most robust and accurate navigation and timing services on Earth.”

## Products & Services
- **Pulsar Constellation**: A network of 258 small, software-defined satellites in LEO broadcasting secured, authenticated PNT signals. Offers native user accuracy at centimeter level and is designed to upgrade existing GPS devices via a software update.
- **Pulsar‑Verified Receivers & Simulators**: Certified hardware and test platforms for integrators. Includes reference designs and simulation tools.
- **Time Authentication Service**: A cryptographic layer that validates the origin and integrity of timing signals, providing resilience against spoofing and jamming.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (conflicting reports may exist; no official figure available)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding $327.53M (CB Insights); latest Series C closed ~April 2026 (amount $170M)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not publicly disclosed (funding specifics unknown). Key partners include Murata (MOU for LEO navigation in industrial applications), the Government of Canada (R&D collaboration to strengthen timing resilience), and the National Research Council of Canada.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Successfully launched Pulsar‑0, the first commercially funded navigation satellite, now in orbit for one year (June 2026).
  - 11+ patents filed (encrypted navigation signals, wireless locating, etc.).
  - Active hiring in Burlingame, Montreal, and London; 828 employees on LinkedIn as of mid‑2026.
  - Collaboration with ISED, NRC, and DRDC to broadcast Canada’s official time signal (UTC(NRC)) from space.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First‑mover with a privately funded navigation satellite** – Pulsar‑0 set a precedent for commercial LEO PNT.
- **Authenticated signals** – Cryptographic security native to the signal provides spoofing/jamming resistance unmatched by traditional GPS.
- **Software‑defined satellites** – Rapid constellation scaling and in‑orbit updates at a fraction of legacy system cost.
- **Multi‑national timing broadcast** – Ability to carry multiple official time standards (US, UK, Canada) on a shared infrastructure, creating sovereign resilience for allies.

## Strategic Focus
- **Constellation deployment** – Scale from prototype (Pulsar‑0) to a full production fleet of 258 satellites.
- **Ecosystem enablement** – Grow partner network of receiver makers, chipset vendors, and integrators (e.g., Murata, government bodies).
- **Geographic expansion** – Establish a strong presence in Canada (Montreal) and the UK (London) while deepening relationships with allied governments.
- **Defense & critical infrastructure** – Pursue contracts that require autonomous, tamper‑proof PNT for military, aviation, and grid timing.

## Why Work Here
- **Impact** – Work on “a generational technology at startup speed”; decisions are pushed to the people closest to the work. Culture of ownership and rapid iteration.
- **Compensation** – Competitive salary, equity (ownership culture), 401(k) / Roth 401(k).
- **Benefits** – 95% of healthcare premiums covered for US employees (50% for dependents); HSA/FSA options; supportive parental leave (equitable); flexible time off.
- **Workplace** – Burlingame office with catered lunches twice a week, snacks, drinks, coffee. Roles also in Montreal and London (hybrid likely per location, but remote‑first not stated).
- **Culture** – Engineering‑driven, fast‑shipping, collaborative; team includes leaders from industry and academia.

## Sources
1. [xonaspace.com](https://www.xonaspace.com/)
2. [xonaspace.com/careers](https://www.xonaspace.com/careers)
3. [xonaspace.com/mission](https://www.xonaspace.com/mission)
4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/xonaspace)
5. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/xona-space-systems)

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