Backend Engineer

Tokyo
Partial Remote
Full-time
May 31, 2024

As a member of the Data Production Department, your role will involve contributing to the development and operation of the spacecraft control subsystem for the 'StriX' series of small SAR satellites. This subsystem is responsible for operating our satellite constellation.

This subsystem has three main roles: creating operation plans for our satellites, generating commands for them, and calculating specific information about their orbits. As we are developing this system in-house, we will also be responsible for operating it and adding new functions in the future. This position aims to introduce/update quality assurance activities to the system.

The spacecraft control subsystem is crucial for our daily satellite operations, and you will be involved in its development and maintenance.

You will also be involved in developing and maintaining the subsystem at the core of our business. The subsystem interacts with our data platform, which is used for the frontend to customers, and the data processing subsystem that generates SAR products.

We plan to rapidly expand our satellite constellation and require more stable satellite operation with less personal effort. You can showcase your skills and grow by achieving these requirements.

Job requirements

Minimum qualifications:

Experience with system development on GCP or AWS.
Experience of development with more than 3 members
Experience in development with Go for 3 years.
- Experience with building gRPC or RESTful API backend workloads in Go in the context of a microservice based architecture.
- Has strong expertise with concurrency patterns in Go.
- Has a strong grasp over various kinds of software architecture patterns in Go (Such as Clean architecture, etc).
Able to commute to our Tokyo head office.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience working in the space domain (ground system development is the best).
Experience developing with Python (building apps with Django and Celery is preferred).
Worked as a leader or sub-leader in system developments.
Experience introducing quality assurance (CI/CD, integration tests, system tests) to projects.

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About Synspective

Synspective Inc., founded in 2018, develops and operates Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, providing SAR data and analytics solutions.

The company aims to build a constellation of 30 SAR satellites by the late 2020s, enabling the creation of a system capable of observing changes anywhere on Earth.

With a SAR satellite constellation that offers high-frequency and high-resolution Earth observation, Synspective delivers satellite data and a range of analytics solutions for disaster response and management, national security, and environmental monitoring.

Japanese Language Policy
Synspective’s Japanese skill requirements vary depending on the position and are defined in each job description.
Paid Leave
Synspective offers 10 days of paid leave that increase annually up to 20 days, in accordance with paid leave according to Japanese law. The company also observes all Japanese national holidays and provides 6 additional days off for the year-end holidays (from December 29th to January 3rd).
Benefits
💹 Employee stock option plan

💻 New tech gear

👩‍🎓 Skill development support

💛 Support for attending conferences

💜 Seminar participation support

👶 Parental Leave

🧡 Social security / insurance benefits included

🏥 Healthcare insurance

💚 Pension insurance
Work style
Full flex time with core time from 11:00AM to 3:00PM
Synergy of Spirit

As part of Synspective, we embark on this journey together, bringing with us our combined experiences and life. As a team, we recognize that the team’s goals are my personal goals, and my goals are the team’s goals. We each share a part of the responsibility to succeed. I constantly communicate to align my efforts with our goal. I manage my energy and time to maximize team performance. I give more than I take. I provide value when needed and I take responsibility for my own behavior.

Synthesis of Knowledge

We try to create new value under conditions that have huge uncertainty and volatility. The only way for us to succeed is to progress through trial and error that we learn from and make changes based on our new knowledge. I listen actively and respectfully to others’ opinions, consider it logically and examine my assumptions, and discuss it with my team constructively. I learn by doing and building upon our experiences. I aim to achieve better results with every new attempt. I accelerate the collective learning process by openly sharing experiences and knowledge with my team.

Synched with the Future

We have an obligation to create a sustainable future for the next generations. To do so, we must tackle tough challenges as pioneers, leaving our comfort zones that prevent our growth. I recognize that a smart failure is a step toward success and try to learn from the past to solve new issues in the future. I set aggressive goals and divide them into sprint-victories in order to continue to tangibly advance and make progress. I consider the future, prepare for it, and actively engage in making it happen with quick actions and decisions.