# Software Engineer - Mission Dev

**Company:** [Nominal](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/nominal)
**Location:** New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Austin, TX
**Role:** Sales Engineering
**Salary:** $130k – $230k/yr
**Skills:** Data Pipelines, Software Engineering, Prototyping, Data Integrations, Custom Applications, Python, JavaScript, Kubernetes, AWS, Docker
**Posted:** 2026-03-05

> Software Engineer on Mission Dev team builds custom apps, data pipelines, and integrations for hardware customers in mission-critical environments. Requires strong problem-solving, customer focus, and ability to ship software rapidly in ambiguous settings with up to 50% travel.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and deploy custom applications, scripts, and extensions to meet specific customer requirements and unlock new capabilities, biasing towards action and rapid prototyping.
- Design and implement resilient data pipelines and integration workflows to connect diverse customer data systems with Nominal’s offerings, often in complex and novel environments.
- Work closely with our Sales and Mission Ops teams to ensure seamless customer handoffs, provide deep technical expertise during pre-sales conversations, and scope customer engagements effectively.
- Gather customer feedback and insights from the frontline to inform product development, influence Nominal's technology roadmap, and improve our offerings.
- Help grow the team by sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding new engineers.

## Requirements
- Experience designing, building, and shipping software in potentially ambiguous or fast-changing environments.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with a proactive, "get things done" attitude.
- A customer-centric mindset and a genuine passion for solving real-world problems with technology.
- Excitement to be a foundational member of the early team building software tools to amplify the capabilities of remarkable hardware engineering teams.
- Ability and interest to travel up to 25–50% to spend time with end-users on-site (e.g., rocket test stands, spacecraft clean rooms, automated manufacturing facilities).

## Nice-to-haves
- Solution-oriented: Experience collaborating with customers to solve complex problems in dynamic, evolving environments.
- Adaptability: Previous experience in startup or entrepreneurial environments, where agility, problem-solving, and end-to-end ownership are essential.
- [Bonus] Security clearance: Active Top Secret clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one.

## Compensation
- The base pay range for this role is $130,000 – $230,000 per year.

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