Challenge the Impossible
About Beyond Gravity
Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Beyond Gravity is not your typical space company.
We're a unique blend of agility, speed, and innovation, fusing a start-up mindset with decades of industry expertise and a track record of 100% mission success.
Our dynamic team of over **** professionals, spread across 13 locations in six countries, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible.
We're not just building crucial products for the satellites and launchers industry, we're helping to improve life on earth.
Your Crew
This is a unique opportunity to leave your mark on pioneering space projects:
Be a founding member of the SaaS (Space-as-a-Service) Journey at Beyond Gravity as you help us build its first MVP and lay foundations for our downstream applications.
As the key member of our dev team, you will work across backend, frontend and cloud infrastructure/architecture to build a high-performance, real-time tracking application and ensure end-to-end performance and scalability.
Over time, your work is expected to extend beyond this project as we aim to build an entire new software family.
Your Mission
Design the foundational architecture for a new SaaS platform, including repository structure and CI/CD pipelines
Establish scalable development workflows to support rapid iteration and team expansion
Define onboarding processes, coding standards, and best practices for future developers
Develop real-time data ingestion pipelines using microservices for high availability and scalability
Translate concepts and requirements into design and implementations for distributed (critical) systems
Collaborate with other systems engineers, setting the requirements and technical baseline for a space operation application
Implement secure and efficient APIs for data access and (asynchronous) service communication
Maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, builds, and deployments
Ensure technical excellence through active involvement in code reviews, architecture decisions, and agile practices
Coordinate the daily operations by guiding work breakdown, estimation, and prioritization for scalable, reliable outcomes
Your Story:
Must have:
Master's degree in computer engineering, software engineering or related technical field
5+ years of experience in software development, including 3+ years in fullstack
Acquired knowledge and proven experience with:
containerized environments (Docker, Docker Compose)
RESTful API design and integration
Relational databases (Postgres)
Strong affinity with the aerospace industry
Strong skills in debugging, performance optimization and software architecture, ideally in distributed systems
We're looking for someone who is adaptable, detail-oriented, collaborative, proactive, and a systems thinker
Nice to have's:
Experience with React/Angular + (FastAPI)/Spring Boot/Rust
Familiarity with orbital mechanics, geospatial data and CCSDS standards and protocols
Experience with LLM APIs or local models
Exposure to On-Prem or air-gapped software dev
Startup mindset in line with a constant work-in-progress environment with rapid changes and high pace
Why Beyond Gravity?
You will be a part of an engaged team with the ambition to innovate space
You will work in a growing high-tech company with career opportunities within the location or internationally.
In Lisbon we have a down-to-earth culture, experienced and competent employees and a versatile management team.
We offer a hybrid work situation and flexible hours to match your rhythm.
We just moved to our brand-new office in Entrecampos (Lisbon)
We have a canteen (with free breakfast and snacks), free parking spots in our garage and great access to our office either by car or public transports.
We offer a competitive salary, meal allowance, health insurance and much more.
Are you ready for lift-off?
Our core values - Passionate, Together, and Curious - transform challenges into opportunities.
Embark on a journey to transcend the ordinary with us.
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact: Catarina Rio | |
Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected categories.
Applications by e-mail cannot be considered.
We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.