Software Development Manager

Viasat, Inc.

Carlsbad, California
1 day ago

$168,000–$265,000 Per Year
Full-time

Highlights

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 $209,000.00- $313,000.00/ 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. The day-to-day: You will provide leadership for the development of software for edge platforms used in Aviation, delivering connectivity to end user devices leveraging Viasat’s networks.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Carlsbad, California
Job Type	Full-time
Industry	Telecommunications Services
Salary	$168,000–$265,000 Per Year
Company Size	2,500 to 4,999 employees
Year Founded	1986
Website	http://www.viasat.com/company/about/about-viasat

Description

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:

You will lead the Connectivity Management team within Viasat's Commercial Aviation platform, responsible for the software that gets passengers and crew devices onto the network aboard commercial aircraft. Your team owns the core onboard session management stack running on the Mobility Access Server. When a passenger mobile device connects mid-flight, your software is what makes it happen.

This is a multi-year architectural modernization, not a maintenance role – you'll help shape how a mission-critical, resource-constrained system evolves in production.

What you'll lead:

A geographically distributed team of engineers and architecture stakeholders

Design, implementation, and production ownership of onboard connectivity services

A multi-year architectural modernization of the session management stack

Quality improvements: automated testing pipelines to catch session-management faults before they reach aircraft

Observability: per-component resource budgets and structured metrics to ground systems

Cross-team integration with other engineering teams and organizations

This is a site‑based role, employees work 3+ days (60%+) per week from a Viasat office or work location within a standard five‑day workweek.

The day-to-day:

You will provide leadership for the development of software for edge platforms used in Aviation, delivering connectivity to end user devices leveraging Viasat’s networks. The team you lead will support support the critical infrastructure used for creating, testing, and delivering this connectivity via dedicated mobility access servers (MAS). We are looking for leader of a product team that can design, write, and deliver software services to our commercial aircraft. You will influence new designs, architectures, and methods for large-scale distributed systems. As part of our DevOps model, you will develop the service and own it from cradle to grave.

What you'll need:

7+ years of hands-on software engineering (Go, Python, or Java) with systems programming in Linux

2+ years leading a cross-functional software team in an agile/DevOps, including distributed time zones

Strong networking fundamentals: DHCP, DNS, NAT, iptables, TCP/IP, Layer ¾, etc

Experience with distributed systems where state synchronization failures have real production SLA consequences

Hands-on Linux, systemd, and containerized workloads (Docker, Kubernetes)

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field

What will help you on the job:

Protocol-level networking: AMQP/RabbitMQ, HTTP/3 / QUIC, RADIUS, DHCP option encoding

Experience building automated integration test frameworks for distributed systems (not just unit tests)

Experience modernizing a legacy stateful system incrementally in production (feature-flagged migration, dual-run)

Familiarity with aviation or embedded edge platform constraints — resource-limited hardware, over-the-air software delivery, regulatory environments

CI/CD experience with Github Actions or Jenkins

Modern AI-enhanced development workflow

Salary range: $168,000.00 - $265,000.00 / 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 $209,000.00- $313,000.00/ 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.

About Company

Digital Communication Products for Commercial and Government Markets

ViaSat produces innovative satellite and other digital communication products that enable fast, secure, and efficient communications to any location. We bring today’s new communication applications to people out of reach of terrestrial networks, in both the commercial and government sectors, with a variety of networking products and services.

Here you’ll find a company that is always asking,” What’s next?”, with the vertically integrated set of technologies to push the limits of what is possible for your system and service performance.

Products:

Satellite networks for fixed-site and mobile communications
Satellite antenna systems
Wireless datalinks and terminals for combat situational awareness
Cybersecurity and Information Assurance for military networking and encrypted data storage
Mobile IP networking for soldiers
Communication microprocessor chipsets
Application and communication acceleration
Satellite network and RF system design
Communication simulation and training systems

Services:

Global mobile satellite services for government and commercial aircraft, vehicles, and seagoing vessels
Satellite Internet access and other broadband services for consumers, business, and government customers in the U.S.

Recognized for Innovation, Growth, and Stability

With these past awards, ViaSat is well known as a successful, innovative, high-growth company:

World Technology Network - 2013 Winner, Communications Technology Award for high-capacity satellite system
Arthur C. Clarke Foundation - Innovator Award, CEO Mark Dankberg
Edison Awards 2013 - Bronze award for communications innovation
Popular Science 2012 "Best of What's New" for Exede Internet and high-capacity satellite system
Satellite Research and Markets - 2012 Visionary Executive of the Year
Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) - 2012 Industry Innovator
TechAmerica - 2011 American Technology Award in the Telecommunications
Space News "Top 50 Space Companies"
San Diego Magazine "Made In San Diego: 11 Cool Companies"
Mark Dankberg American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) "2008 Aerospace International Communications Award"
Hannover Fairs ISCe2004 Satellite Industry Award for Innovation and Technology
Mark Dankberg Via Satellite “2003 Satellite Executive of the Year”
Defense Systems "Super 75"
DefenseNews "Top 100 Defense Contractors"
DefenseNews "Fast Track 50"
Washington Technology "Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors"
Three-time INC. 500 prior to going public in 1996

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Surpassing 2,900 Employees and $1 Billion in Sales

The company employs over 2,900 professional and support personnel. The largest department is engineering, with many holding graduate degrees in electrical engineering or computer science. Annual revenues hit a record $1.1 billion during the most recently completed fiscal year (ended March 29, 2013).

History

ViaSat is part of the well-known Linkabit Corporation “family-tree” that spawned hundreds of San Diego area telecom startups, including Qualcomm, General Instruments, and Titan. Founded in 1986 by three former M/A-Com Linkabit employees, ViaSat is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol VSAT. Go to the History, Timeline or Industry Innovation & Firsts pages for more details.

To find out more about ViaSat, use the links on this page to explore our Web site.
Note: ViaSat Inc. is a separate company from and is not affiliated with Viasat Broadcasting, owned by Modern Times Group, Sweden.