Staff Software Engineer, Platform Imagery Services

Staff Software Engineer, Platform Imagery Services 

 

About Us:

BlackSky is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. BlackSky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open-source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

As a Staff Software Engineer on our Imagery Services team, you'll be joining a (small) group of experienced engineers who are passionate about writing quality software systems used to request, transform, analyze and deliver imagery from our constellation of satellites. These systems provide the foundational backend responsible for providing customers on-demand satellite tasking and rapid image catalog access through an intuitive GUI and API interface. 

While the locations listed in the job posting are ideal, we would love candidates near either our Herndon, VA or Seattle, WA offices. We may also consider remote candidates in certain states. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership to the team responsible for the customer facing software system that accepts, processes, and fulfills our customers’ imagery orders.   
• Own and maintain core imagery services, reviewing architectural designs and enforcing high code quality.  
• Design, develop and document external and internal data services to implement scalable performant solutions for rapid image delivery with a focus on usability, consistency, and stability.  
• Collaborate with other development teams within BlackSky to help design interfaces and implementations for services core to the business. 
• Provide insightful feedback during design sessions and to guide your team and catch issues before they make it into production. 
• Other job-related duties as assigned. 

Required Qualifications:

• Experience developing production software for at least eight years.   
• Fluency in Java and are comfortable diving into other languages when necessary.  
• Proficiency designing, implementing, and using REST APIs.  
• Familiarity with common database technologies (SQL and NoSQL).  
• Experience working in a cloud environment like AWS, GCE, or MS Azure. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with geospatial data.  
• Familiarity with remote sensing products and processing.  
• Experience working with data ingestion, storage, caching and analysis tools such as Elasticsearch, Redis, MongoDB, PostgresDB, etc.  
• Experience designing scalable user-friendly external enterprise API interfaces.  
• Familiarity with GDAL or other popular open-source GIS tools. 

Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:

• 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 Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
• Employer matching donations
• Professional development
• Mac or PC? Your choice!
• Awesome swag

The anticipated salary range for candidates in Seattle, WA is $160,000-175,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA

BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All Qualified applicants will receive considerati