Spire · 1 day ago
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Boulder, CO
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$130K/yr - $171K/yrSpire is a space-to-cloud analytics company that owns and operates the largest multi-purpose constellation of satellites. As a Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will lead the Scheduling Team, ensuring the delivery and operational excellence of critical ground stack software while mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with various stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
You will be involved in roadmap planning and prioritization and responsible for its delivery
You are going to find a good balance between mission delivery commitments, product and tech improvements in the work that your team does
You will drive the development and execution of the roadmap across application development, testing, deployment, and operations
You will interface with other ICs, engineering managers, technical program managers, system engineers and others
You’ll work alongside your team and tech lead to develop elegant technical solutions to customer needs
You will make sure the technical vision of the team is aligned with business priorities and implemented on time and to a high standard. This includes supporting the bottom-up ideation, creation, and curation of technical proposals that is core to Spire’s culture
Lastly, but most importantly
You will interface with the satellite operations, ground stations, communications, and satellite design teams to translate user needs into system requirements and have the experience to run the resultant projects independently
You’ll be responsible for making sure that the people on your team experience personal growth and amazing achievements
Drive the development and execution of the roadmap across application development, testing, deployment, and operations
Qualification
Required
Computer science or Mathematics degree or equivalent work experience, and experience working as a software engineer
Intrinsic interest in developing people and helping them deliver at their full potential
Ability to analyse data by yourself, using Python, SQL and other languages in order to measure the progress and success of the work your team delivers
Demonstrated expertise in designing and driving end-to-end technical solutions spanning new product development and legacy modernization
Experience leading one or multiple software teams
Excellent communications skills
Alignment with our core values: global, reliable, unbounded, faster, relentless, collaborative
Desire to operate autonomously
Desire to achieve mastery in your domain
Comfortable with iterating and re-evaluating projects and plans as needs evolve
Experience delivering projects on time and of quality, using agile principles
Benefits
Vacation
Sick, and personal time off
Optional medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage
401(K) plan
Health and wellness reimbursement program
Participation in Spire’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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
Spire
Spire (NYSE: SPIR) is a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, offering unique datasets and powerful insights about Earth so that organizations can make decisions with confidence in a rapidly changing world.
Founded in 2012
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Spire has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2022 (1)
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$712.35MKey Investors
UK Space AgencySignal OceanBlue Torch Capital
2025-03-13Post Ipo Equity· $40M
2024-08-27Grant· $4.64M
2024-02-08Post Ipo Equity· $10M
Leadership Team
Theresa Condor
Chief Executive Officer
Jeroen Cappaert
Senior Advisor / Co-Founder
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