Senior Cloud Software Developer

Job Summary

This role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining cloud-based software systems that support the processing, storage, retrieval, and archiving of large-scale scientific datasets. The position supports mission-critical data processing pipelines and plays a key role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and accuracy of scientific data products used by researchers worldwide.

The role is part of a data management team responsible for end-to-end data workflows across multiple space science missions. The engineer will contribute to both new development and ongoing operational support, including troubleshooting, performance optimization, and production issue resolution.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop software systems for large-scale data processing pipelines

• Develop and maintain interfaces between databases and data processing systems

• Improve processing algorithms and optimize performance for scientific workloads

• Participate in day-to-day operational support, including troubleshooting, debugging, and resolving production issues

• Contribute to maintaining stable, scalable, and reliable data processing environments

Experience, Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering and data management

• Strong expertise in Python programming

• Experience working with workflow management systems such as Airflow

• Strong experience with relational databases

• Proficiency with automation tools and CI/CD pipelines

• Experience working with cloud platforms and services, including storage, compute, container, messaging, and database services

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

2026 Feb 12th Virtual - Space Telescope Science Institute