Full Stack Software Engineer

at  ViaSat Inc

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:
In Viasat’s Data Platforms and Services division, we are looking for members of a product team that can design, write and deliver software services for our commercial aircraft, maritime vessels, and land mobile vehicles. Our software teams improve the availability, scalability, and operational efficiency of the services by building automation to prevent the recurrence of field issues.
The day-to-day:
As a member of this team, you will influence new designs, architectures, and methods for large-scale distributed systems. As part of our DevOps model, you will develop the service and own it from cradle to grave including conducting periodic on-call duties using a follow-the-sun model.
As a member of the reporting and monitoring platform team, you will own the software that enables Viasat teams and external partners to understand how our global In-flight Wi-Fi service is performing, and how it’s transforming the passenger experience. Your team will own the cloud-deployed services that are orchestrating the ingestion, transformation, distribution, and presentation of large, complex datasets from numerous sources, both internal and external to Viasat.

What you’ll need:

• Related experience with commercial software development in building distributed applications - with a Master’s / Bachelor’s degree in Compute Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
• Strong working knowledge of one or more of: JavaScript/Typescript, HTML, CSS, React/Angular/Node.js, Python, SQL
• Experience designing, implementing, and consuming RESTful APIs Broad range of technology interests across different disciplines including computer and system architecture, web applications, performance analysis, distributed systems design, testing and verification technologies, data processing and networking
• Ability to work on distributed remote agile teams with a high degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to drive interaction with customers, peer developers and project managers
• Experience with or willingness to learn agile methodologies (Kanban, SCRUM, XP), modern software development environments and DevOps practices
• Experience with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis, and software design
• Travel up to 10%

What will help you on the job:

• Familiarity with running software services at scale
• AWS Infrastructure, Airflow, Kafka and data streaming using Spark/Scala
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (OSI layers 2-7)
• Technical and software engineering background in the areas of cloud computing, enterprise computing, servers and virtualization technology and products
• Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
• Experience in designing and implementing automated software component and integration tests
• Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with a strong sense of ownership and drive

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.

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