Role:
Mission Control Software Engineer - Backend
Industry Type:
Space Technology
Location:
Bengaluru
Employment Type:
Full-time
About the Role:
We are developing a real-time control and monitoring platform for satellite systems.
As one of the founding engineers of the Mission Control Software team, you will design and build the backend core — a distributed service that streams, stores, and routes data from a network of satellites. The system will start as a single-unit deployment and evolve into a multi-node, high-reliability architecture.
Your work will form the backbone of how missions are operated, scaled, and automated.
Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and maintain backend services in
Java
for data ingestion, processing, and control workflows.
Build and extend
gRPC
and
REST APIs
for internal and external clients.
Develop modular plugins and middleware components for data routing, persistence, and automation.
Work with
PostgreSQL
(and possibly other data stores) for structured and time-series data management.
Collaborate with frontend developers to support real-time dashboards and control interfaces via
WebSockets / event streams
.
Ensure reliability, scalability, and observability of backend components through testing, logging, and metrics collection.
Contribute to containerized deployments and CI/CD pipelines using
Docker
and related tooling.
Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code with comprehensive test coverage.
Required Skills:
4–6 years
of hands-on experience developing backend or distributed systems.
Solid proficiency in
Java (11+)
,



with a valuable understanding of concurrency, networking, and modular architectures.
Experience with backend frameworks such as
Spring Boot
,
Vert.x
, or similar.
Familiarity with
gRPC
or
RESTful API
design and integration.
Solid knowledge of
SQL databases
(preferably PostgreSQL) and schema design.
Comfort working in
Linux
environments with Git and Docker.
Experience with
messaging / event streaming
(Kafka, RabbitMQ, MQTT, or equivalent) or other asynchronous data pipelines.
Proven ability to design maintainable codebases and write automated tests.
Nice to Have:
Experience in real-time data systems, satellites, IoT, or telemetry backends.
Exposure to distributed systems, high-availability deployments, or microservice architectures.
Working knowledge of Python for scripting and integration.
Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
Interest in systems that integrate software, hardware, and data operations.
Qualification:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, or Electronics & Communication Engineering.
Equivalent practical experience in backend or distributed systems development will also be considered.
Why Join?
Senior engineer opportunity — high ownership, direct impact on architecture and design decisions.
Work on real-time distributed systems that connect space and terrestrial segments.
Small, technical, mission-driven team with rapid iteration and deep engineering focus.
Core Tech Stack:
Java 11+, gRPC, REST, PostgreSQL, Docker, Linux, WebSocket streaming, Git CI/CD

📌 Mission Control Software Engineer - Backend (Bengaluru)
🏢 PierSight
📍 Bengaluru