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One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we're on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments, and militaries around the globe communicate. We're looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

As a Software Engineer, you will be part of the Access Network group on the Beam / Satellites Resource Management teams. You will be responsible for back-end and full-stack software development on an Agile DevOps team. You will be involved in all phases of the software lifecycle from requirements gathering, design, development, monitoring, operation, and analytics of our global network.

You will work on a small core team of dedicated, collaborative, and highly technical engineers. As a developer on this team, you will leverage modern technologies (e.g., GoLang, GKE) and development practices to make meaningful improvements to a key ground system component of the Viasat-3 Satellite Network. You will collaborate with system engineers and other ground system teams to develop new features and own them through the full software development lifecycle. These features are crucial to providing continuous and seamless data coverage to our customers.

• 5-8 years of experience in Software Development or related engineering experience
• At least 5 years proficiency in an object-oriented programming language
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Competence with Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems and development environments
• Broad technology interests including system architecture, API design, performance analysis, distributed systems, testing, data processing, cloud computing, and networking
• Willingness to engage as a DevOps engineer across all stages of the software cycle
• Ability to work independently in distributed remote agile teams
• Excellent communication and partnership skills

• Experience in application/systems design
• Developing with Golang, Python
• Working with Docker
• Software automation experience
• Deploying and monitoring applications in GKE
• Using continuous delivery tools like Jenkins, Ansible
• Knowledge of TCP/UDP, Operating Systems, Data structures, Algorithms
• Applying machine learning & statistical techniques
• Experience with highly concurrent application architecture

$135,500 - $214,000 annually. For specific locations within San Jose, the Bay Area, and NYC, the range is $168,500 - $252,500 annually.

Viasat is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Accommodations available upon request.