Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company that operates a sophisticated space-based intelligence platform, providing satellite imagery and analytics to clients. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to develop and maintain software for mission management products, ensuring optimal autonomous operations of their satellite constellation.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain software for the components making up BlackSky’s mission management services
- Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and team planning discussions
- Take an active role in testing, debugging, and documenting implemented software functionality
- Proactively identify problems with requirements (lack of clarity, inconsistencies, technical limitations) and communicates these issues early
- Interface with mission planning, ground software, and platform engineers to plan and execute autonomous constellation operations software products
- Assist with operational tasks to ensure stability in production environments and support ongoing constellation operations and customer fulfillment efforts
- Support on-call rotations and troubleshooting of live system operations as needed
- Support Launch and Early Operations of new satellites
- Other job-related duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's or Master's degree or higher in one of the following fields: computer science, mathematics, physics, statistics, or another computational field or equivalent experience
- A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant software development experience
- Fluency in Python, a strong understanding of Go, and comfortable using other languages when necessary
- Expert knowledge of software design, maintenance, and implementation including data structures, data retrieval and storage, algorithm efficiency, and maintainable scalable code
- Demonstrated initiative to identify and solve problems or inefficiencies in your current field of expertise
- Possess strong team and inter-team cooperation and organization skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong understanding of audience
- Ability to sustain a workload consisting of several concurrent, independent activities
- This position may support programs which require US citizenship
- Familiarity with satellite first principals such as orbital mechanics, attitude dynamics, and satellite systems
- Expertise in software/hardware performance characteristic
- Experience with automation of complex systems (satellite, vehicle fleets, drones, etc.)
- Knowledge of geospatial systems or data
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
Company Overview
BlackSky is a space-based intelligence company that delivers real-time imagery with global rapid revisit, analytics, and high-frequency monitoring of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events. It was founded in 2013, and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, US, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.blacksky.com/.