Senior Software Engineer - Remote

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 members of a product team that can design, write, and deliver software services to our commercial aircraft 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 member 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 systems software upgrade product team, you will own the software enabling update of our edge compute platform which enables Viasat to provide end to end retail services to passengers on commercial aircraft. In addition to the software deployed on a given tail to facilitate update of local software, this team owns the cloud deployed services that orchestrate update campaigns across the fleet of aircraft.

Requirements

• Typically requires 4+ 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 6+ years related experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering; or 8+ years related experience without relevant degree
• Strong working knowledge of one or more of: Java, Python, C++, C
• Experience designing, implementing, and consuming RESTful APIs
• Broad range of technology interests across different disciplines including computer and system architecture, performance analysis, distributed systems design, testing and verification technologies, data processing and networking
• Technical and software engineering background in the areas of cloud computing, enterprise computing, servers, and virtualization technology and products
• 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%

Preferences

• Familiarity with Linux filesystems and packaging
• Familiarity with running software services at scale
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (OSI layers 2-7)
• 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

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