Lead Software Engineer

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we're on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We're looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

In Viasat's Global Enterprise Mobility division, we are looking for the lead of a product team that can design, write, and deliver software services to our commercial airline, business aviation, and maritime vessels. Our software teams improve the availability, scalability, and operational efficiency of the services by building automation to prevent the recurrence of field issues.

As a the lead of this team, you will influence new designs, architectures, and methods for large-scale distributed systems. As part of our DevOps model, you will develop the service and own it from cradle to grave including conducting periodic on-call duties using a follow-the-sun model.

As a member of the reporting and monitoring platform team, you will own the software that enables Viasat teams and external partners to understand how our global In-flight Wi-Fi service is performing, and how it's transforming the passenger experience. Your team will own the cloud-deployed services that are orchestrating the ingestion, transformation, distribution and presentation of large, complex datasets from numerous sources, both internal and external to Viasat.

• Typically requires 6+ years of related experience with commercial software development in building distributed applications and with a Master's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering; or 8+ years related experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering; or 10+ years related experience without relevant degree

• Experience with all to include: JavaScript/Typescript, HTML, CSS, React/Node.js, Python, and SQL

• Experience writing APIs which interact with SQL databases
• Experience designing, implementing, and consuming RESTful APIs
• Broad range of technology interests across different disciplines including computer and system architecture, web applications, performance analysis, distributed systems design, testing and verification technologies, data processing and networking
• Ability to work on distributed remote agile teams with a high degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to drive interaction with customers, peer developers and project managers
• Experience with or willingness to learn agile methodologies (Kanban, SCRUM, XP), modern software development environments and DevOps practices
• Experience with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis, and software design
• Travel up to 10%

• Familiarity with running software services at scale
• AWS Infrastructure (CloudFormation, EKS/Kubernetes), Snowflake, Docker, Airflow, Kafka databus, and data streaming using Spark with Scala
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (OSI layers 2-7)
• Experience designing SQL database schemas and writing performant queries
• Technical and software engineering background in the areas of cloud computing, enterprise computing, servers, and virtualization technology and products
• Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
• Experience in designing and implementing automated software component and integration tests
• Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with a strong sense of ownership and drive
• Experience leading a team of engineers

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click .