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Software Engineer, Early Career - DevOps Commercial Mobility

RigNet

RigNet

Software Engineering
Tempe, AZ, USA
Posted on Dec 20, 2024
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

The DevOps Commercial Mobility team is focused on providing solutions to provide an extraordinary in-flight connectivity service to commercial airlines. As a member of this team, you will build up a vast knowledge in software development, networking, cloud application engineering, automation, data visualization, and container orchestration. You will be working with various ground breaking technologies at multiple layers of the software stack to design, develop, deploy, and maintain the in-flight connectivity service. Our ideal candidate values communication, learning, adaptability, creativity, and ingenuity. They also enjoy working on challenging technical issues and use creative and innovative techniques to develop and automate solutions. In addition, an ideal candidate enjoys working with the operations team by providing support, visualization, and solutions as challenges arise.


The day-to-day

This team is passionate about providing airline employees as well as the end users with the best in-flight connectivity service. In this position you will be an integral part of the DevOps Commercial Mobility team and make meaningful impacts to the in-flight connectivity service for commercial airline flights that take place every day. Your responsibilities will range from developing software that is able to scale across multiple commercial airline fleets to crafting new products and services to supervising and maintaining existing services for the commercial airline passenger, flight crew, mechanics, and installers.

Additional Information:

  • This position is located onsite. Viasat embraces a flexible work environment and onsite/hybrid work is determined by individual roles and teams. Relocation assistance is available pending eligibility.
  • Viasat offers the following pre-determined start date options for incoming US Early Career hires. Note limited exceptions may be granted.
    • Monday, May 5th, 2025
    • Monday, June 2nd, 2025
    • Monday, July 7th, 2025
    • Monday, August 4th, 2025

What you'll need

Education Requirements:

  • Completion of Bachelor’s degree or higher between May 2023-August 2025 in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math & Computer Science, and/or a related field

Additional Requirements:

  • Experience with programming languages/frameworks: Golang, Python, Shell Scripting and/or Java
  • Experience with development tools: Linux, Amazon Web Services, Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker
  • Ability to work with a distributed, remote team.

What will help you on the job

  • Experience with API development, specifically REST APIs
  • Experience with Linux systems programming, embedded and/or applications development
  • Experience with cloud technology and automation
  • Experience with programming languages/frameworks: Golang and Python preferred
  • Previous Viasat internship experience

Salary range

$104,500.00 - $149,000.00 / annually. For specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this role is $130,000.00- $176,000.00/ annually



At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Learn more about Viasat’s comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at https://careers.viasat.com/benefits.
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.