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Product Insights, Software Engineering Manager

BlackSky
Location
Seattle, WA; Herndon, VA; Remote
Posted
1 month ago
Department
Technology/Ground Svcs & Apps 60-142
Salary
$165,000-205,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • A minimum of eight (8) years of professional experience in software engineering, including experience building or operating complex distributed, autonomous, or mission‑critical systems
  • At least two (2) years of experience leading engineering teams as a people manager or technical lead with formal leadership responsibilities
  • Minimum of two years of experience managing or leading high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, capacity planning, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration
  • Demonstrated experience designing and building scalable production software solutions and architectures
  • Hands on experience with cloud services such as AWS EKS, S3, EC2, Aurora / RDS, SQS, SNS, Batch, etc.
Nice to have
  • Master’s degree (or higher) in a relevant technical field
  • Ten or more years of professional engineering experience, including leadership of teams responsible for high-availability or mission-critical software
  • Two or more years of experience in the geospatial industry
  • Knowledge and experience with MLOps and DataOps as a practice
  • Experience with distributed compute environments such as Kubernetes and Dask
What the job really is

As the Engineering Manager for the Product Insights team at BlackSky, you will lead efforts to integrate and operate analytic products, ensuring high-quality delivery through the BlackSky platform. Your role involves building a high-performing engineering team, setting technical strategies, and collaborating across various teams to enhance product readiness and reliability. You will also maintain technical involvement through code reviews and architectural decisions while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Benefits
  • 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 Stock Purchase Program
Things to weigh
  • No salary listed for locations outside Seattle, WA
  • Some programs may require U.S. citizenship due to government regulations
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