Python Software Engineer Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Job Summary:
Voyager Technologies is an innovative defense, national security and space technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative solutions. They are seeking a Software Engineer to design and develop software systems for processing and visualizing large-scale geospatial datasets, particularly focusing on Synthetic Aperture Radar imagery.
Responsibilities:
• Design, implement, and own software systems for processing, managing, and distributing geospatial data, with an emphasis on SAR imagery
• Build scalable data pipelines and backend services supporting geospatial data workflows
• Develop tools and services for geospatial visualization, analysis, and data distribution
• Design and implement database architectures, schemas, and data models supporting geospatial datasets
• Contribute to system architecture decisions, including service design, data pipelines, and software infrastructure
• Integrate geospatial services and APIs into operational software systems
• Collaborate with algorithm developers and data scientists to translate research capabilities into production software
• Participate in code reviews, testing, debugging, performance optimization, and software integration
• Contribute to documentation, configuration management, and software delivery processes
Qualifications:
Required:
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance as a condition of continued employment
• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field with 5+ years of professional software development experience OR MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field with 3+ years of professional software development experience
• Academic background or foundational training in physics, enabling effective bridging of the gap between software engineering and the physical realities of advanced sensing technologies
• Strong programming skills in Python
• Experience developing software in Linux environments
• Experience with modern software development practices including version control, debugging tools, and collaborative development workflows
• Demonstrated track record of independently ideating, proposing, prototyping, and implementing, and fully integrating software solutions that directly improve internal efficiencies, result in new capabilities, and/or otherwise directly impact the bottom line
Preferred:
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance
• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field
• Experience developing software for geospatial data processing, remote sensing systems, or large-scale geospatial datasets
• Experience designing and implementing database architectures, schemas, and data models, particularly for geospatial or large-scale datasets (e.g., PostGIS or similar technologies)
• Experience designing scalable software architectures, including distributed systems, service-based systems, or large data processing pipelines
• Experience building and maintaining geospatial services and APIs, including standards such as WMS/WFS or other network-based data services
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience deploying applications in cloud environments such as AWS
• Familiarity with geospatial analysis and visualization tools such as QGIS
• Experience developing workflow orchestration or data processing pipelines using tools such as Apache Airflow
• Experience developing or integrating agentic AI frameworks to automate geospatial workflows, autonomous analysis, or complex data processing pipelines
• Familiarity with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable secure, standardized connections between AI models and internal geospatial databases, APIs, or operational toolsets
Company:
Voyager Technologies is a defense and space technology company that develops solutions for national security and commercial space missions. Founded in 2019, the company is headquartered in Denver, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.