Senior Software Engineer, Software Platform at Muon Space
San Jose, CA
$184,000–$208,000from the description
Aug 4, 2026
San Jose, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Senior Software Engineer role on the Software Platform team at a satellite/space systems company, responsible for designing and operating the internal developer platform — including CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes infrastructure, Terraform-managed cloud resources, and data infrastructure on AWS. The role suits an experienced backend/platform engineer who writes production code, shapes architecture, and enables other product teams through self-service tooling and "golden path" abstractions.
Senior level · 8+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 400 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 300–520
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 6, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The primary language requirement is Python, C++, or Rust — these are listed as interchangeable options in the qualifications; Python is used as the primary name with C++ and Rust as alternatives.
CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code are listed under the 'Nice-to-have Skills' section, so they are marked preferred despite being central to the team's described work. Bazel is mentioned only in the team description narrative, not in the qualifications, so it is also marked preferred.
The role has a genuine SOC ambiguity: the team builds platform tooling (software development, 15-1252) but also operates infrastructure (systems administration, 15-1244). The emphasis on writing and evolving systems, architectural decisions, and production code tips the classification toward Software Developers.
ITAR/EAR restrictions apply — candidates must be US persons or otherwise eligible to access export-controlled information without additional authorization.
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