Associate Software Engineer, Early Career

At Viasat, the work you do helps people stay connected in ways that matter, from everyday moments to critical missions across air, land, sea, and space.

We’re a place for people who are curious, bold, and motivated by meaningful work. Here, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact, explore new possibilities, and grow your career in ways that align with your interests and goals. When you're ready to take on something new, you'll find leaders who support your development and help you turn your ambition into action.

As an Associate Software Engineer, you will be part of the Access Network group on the Beam Management team. In this role, you will be responsible for software development on an Agile DevOps team. You will become involved in all phases of the software lifecycle from requirements gathering, design, development, monitoring, operation, and analytics of our global network.

You will work on a small core team of dedicated, collaborative, and highly technical engineers. As a developer on this team, you will leverage modern technologies (e.g. GoLang, GKE) and development practices to make meaningful improvements to a key ground system component of the Viasat-3 Satellite Network. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with system engineers and other ground system teams, and to develop new features and own them through the full software development lifecycle. These features and improvements are crucial to the business as we strive to provide continuous and seamless data coverage to more and more customers.

Additional Details

• This position is site-based. Site‑based employees work 3+ days (60%+) per week from a Viasat office or work location within a standard five‑day work week. Viasat embraces a flexible work environment and onsite/hybrid work is determined by individual roles and teams. Relocation assistance is available pending eligibility.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience: This role is intended for someone with 0-3 years of full-time, relevant industry experience.
• Citizenship: This position requires a Valid Work Permit or Visa for the country you would be located and working from.
• Additional:
  • Demonstrated interest in generative AI and AI-assisted software development through coursework, projects, or research. Experience using Claude or similar AI development tools is a plus.
  • Proficiency in mainstream languages such as Golang or Python.
  • Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems and development environment.
  • Knowledge of TCP/UDP networking fundamentals, Data structures and Algorithms.

• Broad range of technology interests across different subject areas including computer and system architecture, API design and development, performance analysis, distributed systems design, testing and verification technologies, data processing, cloud computing, and networking.
• Willingness to engage as a DevOps engineer, who can handle the different stages of the software development cycle from design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Ability to work on distributed remote agile teams with a high degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication and partnership skills to drive interaction with peer engineers, and project managers.
• Experience developing with C++ or Java.
• Previous software development internship experience with exposure to application/systems design.
• Experience working with Software Automation.
• Experience working with continuous delivery tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, etc.

$95,000.00 - $150,000.00 / 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 $118,000.00- $177,000.00/ 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 careers.viasat.com/LifeAtViasat/Benefits.

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.