Joblaze summary

In the role of Senior Application Software Engineer at K2 Space, the individual will focus on developing mission-critical software that enhances the efficiency of satellite design, production, and operations. Key skills include full-stack development, AWS expertise, and proficiency in CI/CD practices, alongside experience with various programming languages and databases. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in software architecture and a collaborative mindset, particularly those eager to contribute to a high-growth aerospace company.

Joblaze insights

Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on K2 Space's careers page October 27, 2026.
Salary band is in line with the typical range for Fullstack roles (median ~$165,000).
Starts above 43% of 116 comparable senior fullstack roles that list TypeScript we track (median $170,000 across 65 companies). See TypeScript salary trends
TypeScript appears in 57.9% of 425 comparable senior fullstack roles; gRPC appears in 1.6% of 425 comparable senior fullstack roles.

Quick facts

What's the salary range?: K2 Space lists $160,000–$200,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Senior Application Software Engineer role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS CodeArtifact, Amazon DynamoDB, Ansible, C#, C++, Docker.
What seniority level is this role?: K2 Space targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Senior Application Software Engineer role at K2 Space.

From the original posting

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. Backed by over $1 billion in total funding from leading investors including Altimeter Capital, ICONIQ, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and T. Rowe Price — and with over $1 billion in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers, we're mass-producing the highest-power satellite platforms ever built for missions from LEO to deep space.

The Role

As a Senior Application Software Engineer on our Enterprise Team, you will design and build mission-critical software that connects engineering, manufacturing, and operations. Your work will directly enable accelerated satellite design, rapid production, and reliable mission execution. You’ll collaborate closely with teams throughout K2 Space and deliver systems that improve efficiency, scale operations, and support ambitious missions.

Responsibilities

Develop highly reliable software solutions used across K2 Space — from factory floors to mission control.
Create and evolve applications that improve how we design, build, and operate our spacecraft.
Partner closely with engineers, business partners and leaders across disciplines to understand their challenges and design efficient solutions.
Build prototypes to test concepts, validate technical constraints and progress to production features.
Own full-lifecycle feature development from inception to happy customers.
Actively contribute to software architecture design, deployment strategy, coding standards and quality processes.
Understand tradeoffs in competing engineering options and be able to articulate these tradeoffs to senior leadership to help drive decisions.
Work with customers to drive adoption and make progress on product usability.
Use data to drive prioritization of work and design of solutions to create the largest positive impact.
Actively contribute to building a culture of transparency, empathy, integrity and engineering excellence.
Actively mentoring other staff members and help team members build good culture and engineering practices.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, mathematics or a STEM discipline or 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
5+ years of experience in full stack development, platform engineering or API development.
3+ years of experience with AWS.
3+ years of in-depth working experience with CI/CD such as GH Actions, Jenkins, Gitlab CI/CD.
Working experience with Docker.
In-depth working experience with Kubernetes (prefer AWS EKS).
Expert working experience with one or more of the following static typed programming languages such as C#, Go, Java, C++, TypeScript.
3+ years of experience with structured database such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Snowflake or similar technologies
Working experience with unstructured database such as NoSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, MongoDB or similar.
Strong working experience with REST API or gRPC.
Strong working experience with binary management platforms such as JFrog Artifactory, AWS CodeArtifact or similar technologies.
Experience with infrastructure orchestration and management tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet).

Nice to Have

Experience with Next.js, React, Angular, or similar frameworks.
Working experience with testing tool such as Cucumber and Cypress.
Experience designing scalable, high-performance software systems.
Knowledge of build systems and package management tools (e.g., Make, Gradle, npm, pip).
Familiarity with data streaming technologies like Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar.

Compensation and Benefits:

Base salary range for this role is $160,000 - $200,000 + equity in the company
Salary will be based on several factors including, but not limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level
Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/ coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks

If you don’t meet 100% of the preferred skills and experience, we encourage you to still apply! Building a spacecraft unlike any other requires a team unlike any other and non-traditional career twists and turns are encouraged!

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