Senior DevOps Engineer · Astranis

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:28:26 GMT
Engineering

Astranis · San Francisco · $160,000-$220,000 USD · onsite

As a Senior DevOps engineer, you will be an early contributor to the growing infrastructure team to support a rapidly expanding fleet of satellites. Speed and reliability aren't luxuries here; they're lifelines. When a satellite is orbiting thousands of miles above Earth, minutes matter. Our developers need to iterate and deploy rapidly to fix mission-critical issues and push improvements that keep spacecraft healthy and missions on track.

You'll be the one making sure our CI pipelines aren't just efficient, but blazing fast, so our engineers can respond to the unexpected in real time. You'll own every aspect of the development workflow including AI assistant tools, language upgrades, build systems, pre-commit checks, and emerging projects to help unlock developer velocity.

This role supports both commercial and U.S. Government programs.

Maintain and streamline a CI pipeline integrating with a mix of real and simulated hardware Introduce and optimize build tools and workflows to accelerate development Automate release, deployment, and monitoring tooling for development and production systems Implement and own the proliferation of metrics and performance tracking in development, CI, production, and mission contexts Lead initiatives that improve developer productivity and developer experience

Requirements: 6+ years experience in Infrastructure and DevOps engineering Bachelor of Science in a related discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Information Technology) Proficiency with Python or other scripting language Experience with scaling build systems such as, but not limited to: Bazel, CMake, or Pants Strong Experience with Linux Experience working with CI tools such as Gitlab, Github, Jenkins, Tekton or others Strong written and oral communication skills Highly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties autonomously without much supervision

Bonus: Bazel build system Code coverage reporting AI tooling for developers Remote development environments Flaky test management and infrastructure

What we offer: All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits. Base pay is just one component of Astranis's total rewards package. Your compensation also includes a significant equity package via incentive stock options, high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.

Base Salary $160,000-$220,000 USD

U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required (To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))

Our mission and our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.