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Head of Software

Torrance, CA

$200k-$270k / year

full-timeleadaerospace

🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll lead the software team at a modern space infrastructure company, owning the architecture across backend, infrastructure, and embedded systems. You'll set technical direction and stay hands-on to deliver mission-critical systems on aggressive timelines. This is a player-coach role with direct impact on national security and global connectivity.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Own architecture and technical direction of core software stack
  • Plan and execute cross-functional projects with hardware and ops teams
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing software team
  • Build and maintain engineering tooling, CI/CD, and operational processes

📋 Requirements

  • 7–10+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Experience leading teams and delivering mission-critical software

✨ Nice to Have

  • Startup experience
  • Aerospace or mission-critical systems experience
  • Experience with Linux internals, networking, or distributed systems

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • 💰 Competitive equity included
  • 🏖️ Flexible PTO (not explicitly stated but typical for such roles)

🚩 Heads Up

  • Requires U.S. citizenship for ITAR compliance
  • Player-coach role may blur responsibilities
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