Software Engineer III

Overview Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world. For over 20 years, Iridium’s unique network and services have supported critical communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving Internet of Things. At Iridium, we understand the importance of staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications networks. People across the globe, including first responders, humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone workers, as well as ships, aircraft and remote operations all rely on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for providing these essential communications very seriously and pride ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed. Likewise, Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions. Our talented teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company makes around the world. Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves. We are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world. Responsibilities What We’re Looking For: If you have experience building and supporting cloud-native distributed systems and enjoy working in a collaborative DevOps environment, you’ll be excited about the Software Development Engineer III position supporting the Iridium Distribution Center (IDC) subsystem. IDC is an AWS-based message broker for the Iridium Message Transport Service, part of the Certus transport services suite. As a Software Development Engineer III, you will contribute to designing, deploying, and maintaining highly available, secure, and scalable messaging infrastructure. You will succeed in this role if you can apply best practices in DevOps and GitOps, implement modern CI/CD pipelines, and develop infrastructure-as-code solutions. What You’ll Do: Contribute to the development and operations support of the IDC subsystem in a DevOps-focused team environment Participate in architectural decisions and design direction for distributed, concurrent systems in a telecom environment Apply best practices in GitOps, DevOps, and DevSecOps, including CI/CD automation and security compliance Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to deliver robust solutions Ensure high availability and scalability of IDC services through container orchestration and cloud-native design Oversee infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform Maintain code quality and operational excellence through rigorous testing, monitoring, and observability practices Identify risks and implement mitigation strategies for system reliability and security Foster a collaborative, innovative team culture and encourage continuous learning Qualifications What You’ll Need to Succeed: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer system engineering, or related engineering field 5+ years of relevant experience in software development or DevOps environments Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate on a technical and non-technical level with peers both inside and outside of the team Strong background in Linux (RHEL, Debian) environments. Proficiency in coding languages like Golang and Python (including asyncio and pytest). Hands‑on experience with AWS services and cloud‑native architectures. Expertise in networking protocols (TCP, UDP) and messaging systems (SQS, RabbitMQ, AMQP). Familiarity with NoSQL databases (e.g., Cassandra/Keyspaces). Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration using Kubernetes (EKS), including Helm and Helmfile. Experience with Git, GitLab, and CI/CD pipelines. Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform or similar). Strong understanding of concurrent systems and telecom environments. Good leadership skills, with the ability to guide and mentor team members. ThingsThatWould beGreatif You Brought to the Table: A strong background in DevSecOps practices and security automation. Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack). Practical experience of networking protocols, routers, switches, etc. We’ll also need you to: Be on call to support operational issues Be able to work a hybrid schedule of at least 60% (3 days per week) of the time in office Travel occasionally and work onsite to foster collaboration Be a US Citizen #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2026-04-10