Senior Software Engineer - Python/JavaScript, FullStack Developer

About Us

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, were 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. Were looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

What Youll Do

You are a capable self-starter, self-motivated software engineer, disciplined in software development methods including Agile/Scrum. You have experience and ability to product development, perform deployment, management of daily production and develop virtualization environments. You are familiar with networking & cloud computing concepts. In addition, you have experience with requirements analysis, use case & user story analysis, high- and low-level design, implementation and unit test, system integration test, deployment monitoring, and sustaining product support.

Our team members enjoy working closely with each other using an Agile development methodology. Priorities can change quickly, but our team members are able to stay ahead of timelines to delight every one of our customers whether they are internal or external to Viasat.

Travel up to 10%.

The day-to-day

• Ability to work on distributed remote agile teams with a high degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently
• Embracing the DevOps philosophy of product development, in addition to your design development activities you are also required to provide operational support of the post-production deployment

• 6+ Years of software development experience with good knowledge of computer science fundamentals
• Good exposure to any JavaScript framework. Experience in ReactJS is a plus
• Experience in developing restful services with any of the frameworks such as Flask, Django or FastAPI
• Working with Database technologies in SQL or NoSQL, Query optimization, Fault tolerance
• Development experience in Python on a Linux platform
• Broad range of technology interests across different fields including computer and system architecture, web applications, Scalability, performance analysis, distributed systems design, and testing
• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities. You will be required to communicate both verbally and in written form with remote international teams very frequently
• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in computer science, computer engineering, or electrical engineering or relevant technical background and experience
• Required to communicate both verbally and in written form with remote international teams very frequently.

• CI/CD and Devops exposure is a strong plus
• Experience in crafting and implementing automated software component and integration tests
• Continuous Integration & Deployment (CI/CD) training or experience with GitHub Actions
• Prior working experience in a DevOps team is a plus

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.