About the position
At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations, allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world's first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us. Vast is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Security, reporting to the Senior Manager, Software Engineering, to support the development and maintenance of the organization's growing cybersecurity infrastructure. As a software engineer on our growing team, you'll have an opportunity to learn and grow under the mentorship of seasoned engineers from aerospace and big tech, building powerful and secure software that helps expand humanity into space. This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities
- Work with team to design, implement, and maintain a wide variety of backends, tools, and pipelines directly in support of Vast's mission-critical security services
- Partner with various engineering teams to assist in the implementation and design of their security-sensitive features and services
- Collaborate with team to peer review current software and security practices and to foster an effective and positive work environment
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, or other engineering discipline
- 6+ years experience with building security services and configurations (i.e. IAM, short-lived certificates, API security)
- Development experience in any modern programming language (including but not limited to Python, C++, Rust, Go)
- Experience building, shipping, and supporting security applications in the cloud
- Proficiency using the command line, writing shell scripts, and an understanding of the GNU/Linux operating system
Nice-to-haves
- Experience working on ambiguous problems
- Production DevOps experience (Docker and K8s preferred)
- Experience working with multiple programming languages
- Experience with API Design
- Deep security knowledge in one or more domains
- Confident communicator, both written and verbal
- Collaborative mindset
- Problem solver with a bias for action
Benefits
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
- Flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 10 days of vacation for non-exempt staff
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- One Medical membership
- ClassPass credits
- Personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health
- Other discounts and perks
- Free snacks, drip coffee, cold drinks, and dinner meals
- Subsidized lunch
