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Stoke Space · 11 hours ago

Software Development Manager

Kent, Washington

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$184K/yr - $276K/yr

8+ years exp

Stoke Space Technologies is building a fully reusable vehicle, Nova, to enhance space transportation. As a Software Development Manager, you will lead a team of engineers in accelerating the development of reusable rockets, while also managing product ownership and individual team member growth.

AerospaceProduct DesignSpace Travel

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Manage the backlog and active projects for the team

Create detailed product requirements and make priority decisions in concert with the strategy of the product team

Manage your team’s software development lifecycle

Manage individual team members’ career growth and development

Manage headcount, interviewing and hiring for the team

Contribute production code to the code base, fixing bugs, implementing features and performing code reviews

Collaborate with Product and Design to understand priority, focus and scope

Collaborate with Team Technical Leaders to improve the technical architecture, improve quality and reduce technical debt

Collaborate and contribute to Technical and Operational excellence across all Boltline Engineering teams

Qualification

Software development managementSaaS systems deliveryProduct requirements managementTechnical leadershipModern web frameworksBuilding reliable APIsRDBMS experienceDevOps basicsCI/CD experienceOn-call participationFeature ownershipInterest in aerospaceCommunication

Required

8+ years professional software development

Strong IC experience in delivering quality SaaS systems

Experience in driving product requirements and priority

Experience managing and leading strongly technical software developers

Excellent verbal/written communication

Prior on-call/incident response participation

Proven ownership of features from design through production

Preferred

Experience with modern web development frameworks (ReactJS)

Experience with building reliable APIs

Experience with RDBMS

Familiarity with Next.js or similar meta-frameworks

DevOps basics (Docker, Kubernetes/ECS, AWS)

Experience with Apollo (Client/Server), Hasura or similar

Hands-on CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, etc.)

Interest in aerospace, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing workflows

Benefits

Equity – We know that our employees are the reason we succeed. To give everyone a stake in our future, we are pleased to offer equity in the form of stock options to all regular, full-time employees.

Comprehensive benefits program including subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance

Company-paid life and disability insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

4 weeks’ Paid Time Off

Holidays – 10 days (including an end-of-year closure)

Paid Family/Parental Leave

On-site gym or monthly wellness stipend (depending on location)

Dog friendly offices!