Head of Software Engineering and Operations, Spire Global
Constellation Operations
$202-238.5k
+ ESPP
3-5 days a week in office
Satellite data analytics
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Satellite data analytics
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$202-238.5k
+ ESPP
3-5 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help make our world a safer, cleaner, more prosperous and more equitable place.
Role
Who you are
- 5 years of experience in engineering as an individual contributor
- 5 year leading engineering teams
- Professional experience working in at least one interpreted language
- Professional experience working in at least one compiled language
Desirable
- 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
What the job involves
- 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;
- (A) Application Services: application development, testing, deployment, tasking and operations
- (B) Satellite Manufacturing and SRE-style Operations
- (C) 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
- Access to US export controlled software and/or technology may also be required
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. The company exists within a rapidly-developing market, in which it has already made a big impact. In recent years it has collaborated with BlackSky and Skyline Partners, the latter partnership seeing Spire advance into the InsurTech space, as well launch new technology to enable optical inter-satellite links, positioning the company well for an impactful future.
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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
$19.8m
GRANT
Total funding: $202.8m
Company benefits
- 🛰️ Name Your Satellite Program (NYSP)
- 🚀 Launch Attendance
- 🌴 Generous Time Off Policy
- 🎓 Education Assistance Program
- 🥰 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 📈 Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- 👣 Family Leave
- 💪 Fitness Reimbursement
- 🧡 Employee Referral Program
- 🍉 Healthy snacks & beverages in every office
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.
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