Software Engineer, IR Data Products
Muon Space · San Jose, CA
Posted about 3 months ago · $156,000 - $186,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 78 days Muon Space's roles stay open a median of 78 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 88% of Muon Space's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Muon Space
- high 113 stale, 2 reposted of 115 open
- Hiring momentum
- 131 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Muon Space's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Muon Space.
About this role
In this role, you will be responsible for building and operating the production pipeline that processes infrared imagery from spacecraft for applications such as wildfire detection and environmental monitoring. Your tasks will include developing data processing pipelines, optimizing performance, implementing workflow orchestration, and collaborating with remote sensing scientists to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the products delivered to users in real-time.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Muon Space as an employer.
What you need
- BS, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, a physical science, or equivalent practical experience
- BS +5 years or MS +3 years of relevant professional experience
- Solid Python skills
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and containerized deployment
- Ability to work with a distributed, interdisciplinary team
- Willingness to learn the science domain well enough to reason about whether output is correct
Nice to have
- Experience with geospatial data tooling and formats (e.g. XArray, COG, GeoTIFF, NetCDF, GDAL, Zarr)
- Experience with workflow orchestration systems (Flyte, Airflow, or similar)
- Experience with performance profiling and optimization of data-intensive systems
- Experience with satellite, remote sensing, or other scientific imagery pipelines
- Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform or similar)
What you get
- Salary range of $190,000 - $212,000
- Competitive equity grant
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k retirement plan
- Short & long term disability and life insurance
- Three weeks paid vacation for new employees
Worth weighing
- Hybrid work model requires three days on-site in San Jose, CA
- The role involves working under a hard latency budget for real-time applications
- Experience with export controlled information is required for this position
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Listed by Muon Space on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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