Senior Software Engineer, Government Programs

About the role Muon Space is building and operating a growing portfolio of infrared (IR) space missions — starting with the FireSat constellation — that generate mission-critical imagery and analytics of interest to the US Defense and Intelligence (D&I) communities. Muon's IR Missions and Data team is building the software systems that process, package, and deliver data from these missions to government end-users, including customers within the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and other members of the Intelligence Community (IC). This role will be the technical lead on building the software pipelines that process and deliver data from Muon's IR missions to government programs. The engineer in this role will design, build, and operate the production software infrastructure that connects Muon's spacecraft and data platform to government-facing systems. This will include developing data processing and integrating data delivery pipelines with government software architectures in classified environments. In this role, the candidate will initially focus on three key areas: Build and operate government-facing data pipelines: Design, implement, and run the production pipelines in Muon's cloud infrastructure that process IR mission data and deliver it to NRO and other government customers. Take ownership of adapting processing pipelines to operate in classified environments. Integration with US Government software architectures: Own the software integration between Muon's data platform and government software architectures, including NRO systems and other IC data infrastructure. This includes designing interfaces, meeting security and compliance requirements, and shepherding data flows into classified environments. NITF and government data product engineering: Serve as the engineering owner for National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) formatting of Muon's IR imagery products, including metadata design, validation, and iteration with government customers. Additionally, the role will work closely with Muon's Business Development (BD) team and D&I community end-users to clarify customer needs and shape the technical roadmap for government-facing software. This role will interact with Muon's software, data platform, instrument, and mission operations teams to ensure that government-program pipelines are cleanly integrated with Muon's mission-agnostic software architectures, and will interact with government stakeholders and program offices to align on requirements, security posture, and delivery. The ideal candidate has deep experience with US Government software architectures — particularly at or with the NRO — and has hands-on experience deploying and operating software infrastructure in classified environments. They combine strong geospatial domain knowledge (geospatial processing, packages, and infrastructure) with software engineering rigor, including experience with NITF and other government imagery formats. Responsibilities Design, build, and operate the production software pipelines in Muon's cloud infrastructure that process and deliver data from Muon's IR missions to government programs. Own the software integration between Muon's data platform and US Government software architectures, including NRO systems and other IC data infrastructure. Deploy, operate, and maintain software infrastructure that delivers Muon data into classified environments, including meeting relevant security, compliance, and accreditation requirements. Engineering owner for NITF file formatting of Muon's IR imagery products, including metadata design, validation, iteration with customers, and integration of vendor NITF tooling into Muon pipelines. Write production-ready code for product processing and delivery pipelines. Work closely with Muon's BD team and government end-users to clarify customer needs and translate them into technical requirements and software designs. Cross-functional work with Muon teams in software, data platform, systems engi…