Senior Backend Software Engineer, Spire Global
$171-202.5k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan
3+ days a week in office (Boulder, CO)
Provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services
Open for applications
Provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$171-202.5k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan
3+ days a week in office (Boulder, CO)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To provide customers with comprehensive data and analytics that protect our environment and our communities, transform global logistics, contribute to economic stability, and put moonshot goals within reach.
Role
Who you are
- We are not looking for a dedicated cybersecurity specialist. Instead, we’re seeking an experienced software engineer who has worked alongside security teams and has experience implementing technical requirements related to security, reliability, and compliance within production systems
- This role is best suited to engineers who enjoy solving technically challenging problems and have experience working on complex systems in industries such as aerospace, scientific computing, telecommunications, biotech, robotics, or other high-reliability environments
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong Python development skills
- Experience with at least one compiled language such as Rust, C++, Go, Java, or C
- Strong backend engineering experience building and maintaining production systems
- Experience working with AWS-based environments (GCP experience also considered)
- Experience with containers, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software delivery practices
- Comfortable working in Linux-based development environments
- Strong understanding of systems engineering, performance, reliability, and operational concerns
- Experience collaborating with infrastructure and/or cybersecurity teams to implement technical requirements
- Strong communication and documentation skills
- Curious and adaptable
- Pragmatic problem-solvers
- Interested in complex systems and infrastructure
- Open to learning new technologies and domains
- Collaborative and low-ego
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving engineering environments
- This role is primarily backend and platform focused. We are generally looking for engineers with stronger backend and systems experience rather than heavily frontend-focused backgrounds
Desirable
- Experience working in aerospace, scientific computing, biotech, telecommunications, robotics, or other technically complex industries
- Experience in smaller engineering organisations where engineers wear multiple hats across development and operations
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, Terraform, and infrastructure-as-code approaches
- Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases
- Experience building observability or telemetry solutions using tools such as Grafana, Databricks, or Elasticsearch
- Familiarity with GitHub Actions or modern CI/CD tooling
- Exposure to secure software development or DevSecOps practices
- Advanced academic research background (PhD/Postdoc) in engineering, physics, computer science, or related scientific disciplines
What the job involves
- Spire is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help design, build, and improve the reliable and secure systems that support our satellite and ground infrastructure
- This is a hands-on engineering role focused on backend systems, platform engineering, observability, and infrastructure-aware software development
- You’ll work closely with software, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to implement scalable solutions that support operational reliability and secure engineering practices
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and platform tooling
- Collaborate with cybersecurity and infrastructure teams to implement secure engineering requirements
- Contribute to modernising services, container environments, and CI/CD workflows
- Improve telemetry, monitoring, logging, and observability across production systems
- Support cloud-based infrastructure and deployment workflows in AWS environments
- Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and engineering best practices
- Work across infrastructure, backend systems, and operational tooling in a collaborative engineering environment
Our take
There’s been an increasing focus on big data in recent years, and Spire Global aims to lead the field in the biggest data of all - Earth Intelligence - with its suite of satellites collecting data from beneath the Earth’s surface to the edge of the atmosphere.
It identifies three main areas of use for its data - Aviation, Maritime, and Weather. Its capabilities in these fields include providing over 660M position reports each day for the aviation industry, building intelligent routing and tracking systems for maritime shipping, and supplying in-depth weather forecasting and climate impact analysis.
Beyond this, Spire Global's satellite system has countless other applications, such as real-time observation in active conflicts, and wildfire tracking. Operating in a rapidly developing market for space-based data, Spire continues to expand its satellite network and capaibilities as demand for global monitoring and environmental intelligence grows.
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Insights
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Aug 2024
$4.7m
GRANT
Sep 2019
$19.7m
GRANT
Total funding: $202.8m
Company benefits
- Name your own satellite: Be remembered throughout time by choosing a name for a LEMUR satellite.
- Family Leave: Family is important. Our parental and family leave is designed to let you make the most of those precious moments.
- Learning & development: Spire more than encourages and supports ongoing personal improvement and a growth mindset, we welcome it!
- Launch Attendance: One of the perks from launching satellites into space is that Spire often has VIP access to view the launch.
- Generous time off policy: Take the time you need. Our flexible time-off policy promotes a positive work-life balance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Our EAP makes sure you have access to support and counseling sessions whenever you need it.
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP): Our ESPP provides eligible employees with an opportunity to purchase Spire shares through accumulated contributions.
- Fitness Reimbursement: Spire encourages fitness activity to promote employee well-being with reimbursed gym membership expenses.
- Employee Referral Program: Spire is always looking for outstanding people to join our team, and you can help and be awarded a referral bonus.
- Healthy snacks & beverages: To help our employees to be as productive as possible, we provide healthy snacks and beverages in each of our offices.
Company HQ
Tysons, VA
Leadership
Theresa Condor
(CEO)Theresa has been with Spire since 2013, initially joining as a GM of Space service and Earth Intelligence, before becoming COO in 2021 and CEO in 2025.
Alison Engel
(CFO)Prior to joining Spire Global in 2025, Alison spent over 2 years at LeaseAccelerator as the CFO. She also spent over 5 years at Gannet as a VP of Finance and Senior VP/CFO & Treasurer.
Celia Pelaz
(COO)Prior to joining Spire Global in 2025, Celia spent nearly 8 years at HENSOLDT in various roles, including CSO and COO.
Johann Gabriel Oehme
(CTO)Johann joined Spire Global in 2025 as Chief Transformation Officer, moving into the role of Chief Technology Officer later in the same year. Previously, he spent 4 years at Aerotech Peissenberg as a Managing Director & CCO. He also spent 22 years at Airbus, holding various roles including VP of A350 Customer & Business Development and VP Head of Programme Procurement.
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