Software Engineer

Job Description

About us

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.

What you'll do

The DevOps Commercial Mobility team is focused on providing solutions to provide an extraordinary in-flight connectivity service to commercial airlines. As a member of this team, you will build up a vast knowledge in software development, networking, cloud application engineering, automation, data visualization, and container orchestration. You will be working with various ground breaking technologies at multiple layers of the software stack to design, develop, deploy, and maintain the in-flight connectivity service. Our ideal candidate values communication, learning, adaptability, creativity, and ingenuity. They also enjoy working on challenging technical issues and use creative and innovative techniques to develop and automate solutions. In addition, an ideal candidate enjoys working with the operations team by providing support, visualization, and solutions as challenges arise.

The day-to-day

This team is passionate about providing airline employees as well as the end users with the best in-flight connectivity service. In this position you will be an integral part of the DevOps Commercial Mobility team and make meaningful impacts to the in-flight connectivity service for commercial airline flights that take place every day. Your responsibilities will range from developing software that is able to scale across multiple commercial airline fleets to crafting new products and services to supervising and maintaining existing services for the commercial airline passenger, flight crew, mechanics, and installers. Within this team you will be working on the lower part of the software stack, including maintenance of a Linux based OS.

What you'll need

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience with CI/CD strategies and Agile development
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math & Computer Science, and/or a related field.
• Experience with programming languages/frameworks: C/C++, Python, Shell Scripting and/or Java
• Experience with development tools: Linux, Amazon Web Services, Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker
• Ability to work with a distributed, remote team
• Ability to travel up to 10%

What will help you on the job

• Experience with networking: UDP, TCP/IP, AMQP, DHCP, DNS, and/or REST
• Experience with Linux systems programming, embedded and/or applications development
• Experience with administering Linux systems
• Experience with cloud technology, automation, machine learning, big data, and/or Front-end development
• Experience with programming languages/frameworks: Golang, NodeJS, Angular, and/or React

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Salary range

$116,500.00 - $202,500.00 / annually



At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Learn more about Viasat’s comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at https://careers.viasat.com/benefits.
EEO statement

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 here.