Software Engineer

Los Angeles, CA / Austin, TX / New York, NYEngineering /Full-time /On-siteAbout NominalNominal is a venture-backed company with offices in Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City. We’re focused on building software and data solutions for organizations that test and validate complex systems—think drones, rocket engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors. Supported by leading investors like General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and more, we’re gaining strong traction in the commercial and government aerospace and defense industrial base, including working directly with the Department of Defense.Our team includes engineers and operators from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Lockheed Martin, and NASA, all working toward a common goal: making it faster and easier for hardware engineers to push the boundaries of advanced technology safely and efficiently. Our platform helps engineering teams accelerate test data review and analysis, scaling testing campaigns to save time and cut costs.As a Software Engineer at Nominal, you will be responsible for architecting and building end-to-end features and tooling, deploying them to users, and ensuring they meet user needs with a delightful UX and performance.ð About the role Innovate at the cutting edge of data infrastructure, considering high frequency, high volume, streaming data with transformation and alerting capabilitiesDesign and build scalable APIs to power a low-friction user experience while fetching and transforming massive volumes of dataHelp grow the team by sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding new engineersð We’d love to hear from you if you have Experience developing and deploying infrastructure for high-scale- distributed systems or complex internal toolsExcitement to be a foundational member of the early team building software tools to amplify the capabilities of remarkable hardware engineering teamsInterest in occasionally traveling to spend time with end-users on-site (e.g. rocket test stands, spacecraft clean rooms, automated manufacturing facilities) Skills that supercharge us Relevant data technologies: Apache Arrow, DataFusion, Flink, Beam, Kafka, D3.js, Superset, DuckDB, Plotly.js, TimescaleDB, QuestDB, Druid, Parquet, InfluxDBModern technologies: Typescript, Next.js, tRPC, Java, Wasm, WebGL, ZeroMQ, serverless functions, React, PostgresDevOps tools and infrastructure: AWS, K8s, EKS, Helm, FluxCD Benefits/PerksMedical, dental, and vision insurance with 100% of premiums coveredUnlimited PTO /sick leaveFree lunch, snacks, and coffeeLearning stipendQuarterly company retreats$120,000 - $180,000 a yearThe salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offers may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in all offers and are considered part of Nominal’s total compensation package.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.