Senior Application Data Engineer

About the role

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. Backed by over $1 billion in total funding from leading investors including Altimeter Capital, ICONIQ, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and T. Rowe Price — and with over $1 billion in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers, we're mass-producing the highest-power satellite platforms ever built for missions from LEO to deep space.

The rise of heavy-lift launch vehicles is shifting the industry from an era of mass constraint to one of mass abundance, and we believe this new era demands a fundamentally different class of spacecraft. Engineered to survive the harshest radiation environments and to fully capitalize on today's and tomorrow's massive rockets, K2 satellites deliver unmatched capability at constellation scale and across multiple orbits.

With multiple launches in 2027 and plans to scale to 100 satellites a year, we're Building Bigger — helping develop the solar system and build toward a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization. If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and you're excited about contributing to the success of a high-growth Series D-funded company, we'd love for you to apply.

The Role

Our enterprise software team builds the digital backbone that powers K2 Space’s satellite design, manufacturing, and mission operations. We develop tools that connect engineering, production, and mission control into a seamless ecosystem — enabling our hardware to get from concept to orbit faster than ever before.

We’re looking for engineers who are curious, collaborative, and driven to deliver mission-critical software that helps turn ambitious space projects into reality.

Responsibilities

- Develop highly reliable data solutions used across K2 Space — from factory floors to mission control.

- Create and evolve data design that improve how we design, build, and operate our spacecraft.

- Partner closely with engineers, business partners, and leaders across disciplines to understand their challenges and design efficient solutions.

- Own data solutions from concept to full fledge product.

- Lead data architecture designs, drive data optimization, ensure data integrity and accuracy.

- Evaluate and make decisions regarding competing data design tradeoffs.

- Advocate, defend and convert other engineering leaders to your own solutions.

- Use data to drive prioritization of work and design of solutions to create the largest positive impact.

- Actively contribute to building a culture of transparency, empathy, integrity, and engineering excellence.

- Actively mentoring other staff members and help team members build good culture and engineering practices.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, mathematics or a STEM discipline or 12+ years of professional experience in software engineering.