Head of Software Engineering and Operations, Constellation Operations

Spire’s Constellation Operations group develops the interfaces used by our customers to design, test, deploy and operate space-based software applications. In some cases these applications run on standard Spire hardware, and in some cases on hosted payloads custom-designed by us or our customers. This role reports directly to the CTO.

As the Head of Software Engineering and Operations for Spire's Constellation Operations group, you’ll drive the development and execution of the roadmap across:

• Application Services: application development, testing, deployment, tasking and operations
• Satellite Manufacturing and SRE-style Operations
• Infrastructure for cloud and big data

Your duties will include driving engineering excellence and delivery across these business critical domains. You will interface with the technical leads, Chief Software Engineer, and our technical program managers to develop elegant technical solutions to customer needs together with your team of developers distributed between Europe and the US. You will make sure the technical vision is implemented on time and on quality. This includes supporting the bottom up ideation, creation, and curation of technical proposals that is core to Spire’s culture.

Basic qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in engineering as an individual contributor.
• 5 years leading engineering teams.
• Professional experience working in at least one interpreted language.
• Professional experience working in at least one compiled language.

Preferred qualifications:

• Excellent ability to communicate verbally and in writing at all levels, from technical IC to C-level exec both internally and externally.
• Experience developing software for resource constrained environments like embedded ARM devices.
• Experience writing Python.
• Experience writing Rust.
• Previous experience running a team delivering an API-based product or product family.
• Experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and debugging operational application issues.
• In-depth knowledge of API design principles and best practices, caching strategies, and designing for resiliency and scalability.
• Strong relational and non-relational database skills.

Spire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three days per week in office. Access to US export controlled software and/or technology may also be required.

About Spire: We improve life on Earth with data from space. Spire Global is a space-to-cloud analytics company that owns and operates the largest multi-purpose constellation of satellites. Its proprietary data and algorithms provide the most advanced maritime, aviation, and weather tracking in the world. In addition to its constellation, Spire’s data infrastructure includes a global ground station network and 24/7 operations that provide real-time global coverage of every point on Earth.

Spire is Global and our success draws upon the diverse viewpoints, skills and experiences of our employees. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status.

To help maintain a safe and secure workplace for Spire employees, all candidates who receive a conditional offer will be required to complete a background check. This may include criminal history and employment verification.