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Software Engineer Backend Intern (Summer 2027)

Astranis · Software Internships

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Pay
$29/hr
Where
San Francisco, CA
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Yesterday

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s 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 $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft.

What you'd do

  • 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
  • Experience with Kubernetes
  • Experience building fleet management systems

What they want

  • 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)