Software Engineer Backend Intern (Summer 2027)

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits expanding humanitys reach into the solar system. Today Astranis satellites provide dedicated secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe large enterprises sovereign governments and the US military.

With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts. Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime data security network visibility and customization.

Astranis has raised over $1.2 billion from some of the worlds best investors including Andreessen Horowitz Baillie Gifford Blackrock Fidelity Franklin Templeton and Snowpoint and employs a team of 500 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs builds and operates its satellites out of its 153000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California USA.

As a Software Engineer Intern on the Platform team youll design and build services that autonomously control satellites monitor telemetry for anomalies and provide real-time situational awareness to keep our fleet safe and online. Youll also be building the core components and services that power the rest of our software organization enabling every team to move faster and more reliably.

You will be shaping the foundation of software that has to work flawlessly because our satellites depend on it.

This role will contribute to both our commercial and US government programs.

Internships at Astranis typically last for twelve weeks and are hourly roles designed for students who are currently enrolled at a four-year you have already graduated from a four-year university please apply to be an Associate Engineer.

• Design and build high-performance reliable mission-critical software that is used to send commands to space
• Take full ownership of features working across backend and infrastructure
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to define software requirements architectures and designs

• Currently pursuing a B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent degree
• Strong proficiency in Python
• Experience and understanding of databases (Postgres etc)
• Experience and understanding of pub/sub and streaming systems (RabbitMQ Flink etc)

• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience building fleet management systems

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