Senior Full-Stack Web Developer

Overview

About this Role

• Operational & Technical Leadership.
• Lead the development of Orbitworks’ “Solutions” software stack in collaboration with the Principal Solution Architect..
• Define and implement scalable frontend and backend architectures for customer-facing applications.
• Drive engineering best practices across the software development lifecycle, including tooling, code quality, testing, and deployment strategies.
• Promote and implement AI-assisted development workflows and modern engineering practices.
• Software Development.
• Develop highly interactive frontend applications and performant backend APIs.
• Implement features for key strategic projects including:
• CNC2: Collection Needs Command & Control platform for order management and tasking.
• Datalake: Cataloguing, storage, streaming, and downstream data services for customers and AI applications.
• Design systems capable of processing large volumes of geospatial and temporal data with high responsiveness and reliability.
• Build applications leveraging modern web technologies and geospatial frameworks.
• Infrastructure & Deployment.
• Implement containerized deployment strategies using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Support CI/CD implementation and Agile development workflows.
• Coordinate closely with Infrastructure teams to ensure application performance, scalability, and operational readiness.
• Contribute to production monitoring, deployment automation, and platform optimization.
• Partner with multidisciplinary teams across software, infrastructure, mission operations, and data systems.
• Contribute technical expertise to architectural decisions and long-term platform strategy.

Must Haves

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and full-stack web development.
• Proven track record leading complex web-development projects with highly interactive and reactive UIs.
• Strong expertise in modern frontend and backend technologies including JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, FastAPI, and related ecosystems.
• Experience designing scalable software architectures and APIs.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture and performance optimization, including data flows, storage systems, networking, memory management, and latency considerations.
• Experience with cloud-native and containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong knowledge of databases and geospatial data technologies including PostgreSQL/PostGIS and related tools.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Agile software development methodologies.
• Familiarity with GIS and geospatial technologies such as Mapbox/MapLibre, OpenLayers, QGIS, GDAL, STAC, and OGC standards.
• Strong programming experience in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work autonomously in fast-paced environments.
• Strong communication skills and English fluency.
• Nice to Haves:
• Experience in Earth Observation or Remote Sensing domains.
• Knowledge of GeoINT workflows and geospatial intelligence applications.
• Experience applying AI/ML techniques to computer vision, geographic data, or remote sensing datasets.
• Experience building real-time, highly interactive visualization platforms.
• Familiarity with WebGL2, WebAssembly, DuckDB, Parquet, Tailwind, Vite, Vue, or Svelte.
• Experience leading or mentoring software engineering teams.
• Curiosity, innovative mindset, and passion for learning emerging technologies.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally and collaborate across distributed global teams.
• Orbitworks' mission is to make space simple for organizations that want to deploy physical and virtual missions to space.
• Building on Loft Orbital's heritage, Orbitworks will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to mass-manufacture satellites.
• Orbitworks aims to manufacture tens of satellites annually and operates out of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi.