Staff Software Engineer, BlackSky Global
Enterprise Services
$140-160k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Program. Anticipated salary range for candidates in Seattle, WA, may vary for other applicants
More information about location
Real-time geospatial intelligence
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Real-time geospatial intelligence
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$140-160k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Program. Anticipated salary range for candidates in Seattle, WA, may vary for other applicants
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To dramatically accelerate Earth observation from space for real-time monitoring.
Role
Who you are
- A minimum of ten (10) years of professional software development experience
- Production-grade programming experience in Java; additional languages a plus
- Strong understanding of API-driven architectures and distributed systems
- Experience developing and maintaining microservices in enterprise environments
- Hands-on experience with AWS services and CI/CD pipelines
- Strong ability to troubleshoot complex system behaviors and performance issues
- Ability to clearly communicate and document technical concepts with cross-functional teams
- Strong communication skills for coordinating across engineering, DevOps, and customer teams
- Due to program requirements, this role requires US-born citizenship
Desirable
- Experience with containerized systems (Kubernetes/OpenShift)
- Familiarity with message-driven architectures (RabbitMQ, Kafka, SNS/SQS)
- Experience with relational databases and schema design (Postgres preferred)
- Experience working in secure, on-prem, or air-gapped environments
- Experience in defense, aerospace, or similar mission‑critical domains
- Experience creating system diagrams, models, or architecture documentation
What the job involves
- The Enterprise Services Software Engineer designs, builds, and maintains production‑grade software systems within distributed, API‑driven architectures
- Working both independently and in pair programming, this role focuses on developing scalable services, improving existing systems, ensuring system reliability, and supporting continuous integration and delivery across cloud environments
- Engineers on this team collaborate directly with customers, partners, and cross‑functional teams within BlackSky to deliver high‑quality enterprise services and contributes to architectural decisions, performance improvements, and long-term maintainability
- This role is remote and candidates and will report to the Manager of Enterprise Services
- Design, develop, and maintain production‑grade enterprise software using Java, Go, and Python
- Build and enhance distributed, API‑driven microservices and backend systems
- Analyze user and system requirements to create scalable software designs
- Improve performance, reliability, and maintainability across existing systems
- Perform testing, debugging, and issue resolution throughout the development lifecycle
- Document system components, workflows, and code for future maintenance
- Support CI/CD workflows and cloud-based deployments in AWS environments
- Other responsibilities assigned
Our take
BlackSky Global’s geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery business has a wealth of clients across the commercial, financial, scientific, and international government sectors and has a constellation orbiting the Earth which numbers in the dozens. BlackSky both operates and owns its low-orbit satellites and processes the data produced using an AI software platform named Spectra.
Whilst its satellite constellation has become an integral global asset, the Spectra technology is also leveraged by third-party companies that use it for the processing of other sources. This web of aerospace hardware and flexible AI platform has helped BlackSky gain IPO status in 2021, with investment from Osprey Technology.
Spun out of 2009-founded Spaceflight Industries, BlackSky Global has won satellite imaging contracts with the US government and continues to develop its fleet of small satellites. And in Q1 2025, it reported revenue of $29.5M (up 22% from the prior quarter) and over $130M in new contract bookings, indicating the company's growing importance on the global stage.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2022
$4.4m
GRANT
Feb 2014
$1m
SEED
Total funding: $5.4m
Company benefits
- Competitive compensation: We offer competitive compensation as well as 401(k) with employer match.
- 100% health insurance: We cover 100% of our employee’s health premiums for medical, dental and vision insurance with various plan choices such as HRA, LSA and HSA
- Time off: Striking a balance between work and our personal lives is important. We offer 15 days of PTO, 11 company holidays, four floating holidays (pro-rated based on hire date) and one day of paid volunteerism leave per year.
- Flexible work schedule: Need to focus on family certain hours of the day? Are you a night owl? We can work with you to build a schedule that works best for you and your teammates.
- Maternity leave: New birth mothers receive up to eight weeks of paid leave for medical recovery due to childbirth, supplementing employer-provided disability insurance.
- Parental leave: For births or adoptions, new parents are offered paid leave to care for and bond with their new child.
- ESPP: Be part of the growth and success story at BlackSky by participating in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- PC or Mac: You select the type of computing environment that works best for you. And, yes, we are deeply into cloud computing.
- Casual offices: No stuffy environment at BlackSky. We want you for who you are, not what you wear.
- On-site perks: Like to work out at lunch? Visit our on-site gyms. And recharge afterwards with free snacks and beverages.
- Team get-togethers: We host events across teams. Learn who your coworkers are, not just where they sit and what they do.
- Unique swag: Lots of companies offer embroidered hats and gear (and we do, too). But, which of them offer mission patches too?
Company HQ
Hunter Mill District, VA
Leadership
Brian O'Toole
(CEO)Previously CTO at Blacksky Global, Founder & CEO at Openwhere, CTO at GeoEye, VP of Product Development at Overwatch Systems, Co-Founder at ITspatial.
Henry Dubois
(CFO)Henry joined BlackSky in 2021 as a Chief Development Officer, moving into the role of CFO in 2022. Prior to BlackSky, they were a Managing Director at HED Consulting, CEO, President & Board Member at Hooper Holmes, CFO Partner at Tatum, and an EVP & CFO at GeoEye.
Lyn Chassagne
(Chief Marketing & Product Officer)Lyn joined BlackSky in 2022 as a VP of Marketing & Communications. Since then, they have held a number of roles and became the Chief Marketing & Product Officer in 2025. Prior to BlackSky, they spent 5 years at Mazar Technologies in various Director roles.
Nicholas Merski
(COO)Nicholas joined BlackSky in 2011 as a Constellation Program Manager. Since then, they have held a number of roles and became COO in 2020. Prior to BlackSky they spent over 6 years in the United States Air Force, joining as a Satellite Program Manager before becoming an Advanced Systems Lead and then Engineering Division Chief.
Patrick O'Neil
(CTO)Patrick joined BlackSky in 2015 as a Chief Data Scientist, they then moved into the role of Chief Innovation Officer in 2022 and CTO in 2023.
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