Graz Hybrid 56.000,--€

blackshark.ai is hiring a Software Engineer - Data Plane

About the Role

The role involves developing and maintaining the core data processing layer responsible for ingesting, transforming, and serving geospatial datasets. Engineers will work closely with infrastructure and product teams to ensure scalability, correctness, and low-latency performance across distributed systems.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable components for data ingestion pipelines
  • Optimize data transformation workflows for performance and reliability
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate data processing systems
  • Ensure data consistency and integrity across processing stages
  • Develop monitoring tools to track system health and throughput
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in production data pipelines
  • Improve fault tolerance and recovery mechanisms in data processing
  • Write clean, maintainable code with comprehensive testing
  • Participate in code reviews and system design discussions
  • Support deployment and configuration of data plane services
  • Maintain documentation for system architecture and workflows
  • Evaluate new technologies for data processing improvements
  • Contribute to capacity planning and scaling strategies
  • Implement security practices in data handling processes
  • Work with large volumes of geospatial and raster data
  • Ensure compliance with data governance standards
  • Refactor legacy components for better performance
  • Integrate third-party data sources into processing pipelines
  • Develop APIs for internal data access and control
  • Support automated testing and CI/CD pipelines
  • Monitor system performance and optimize resource usage
  • Collaborate on incident response and root cause analysis
  • Assist in defining service level objectives and metrics
  • Contribute to disaster recovery planning
  • Participate in on-call rotations for critical systems

Compensation

Competitive salary with benefits

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model

Team

Collaborative engineering team focused on data infrastructure

Why Join Us

  • Work on cutting-edge technology that visualizes Earth in real time
  • Be part of a team pushing the limits of data processing at scale
  • Opportunity to solve complex engineering challenges
  • Supportive culture that values innovation and ownership

Tech Stack

  • C++ and Rust for core systems
  • Kubernetes for orchestration
  • AWS for cloud infrastructure
  • Kafka for message streaming
  • Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring

Available for qualified candidates

About company
blackshark.ai

Blackshark.ai transforms raw sensor imagery into structured digital representations of the physical world. The platform powers a multi-layer architecture that converts global sensor inputs into operational intelligence.

From satellite and aerial imagery, the system extracts infrastructure, terrain, and changes across the built environment. This enables high-frequency mapping, rapid disaster response, and synthetic environment generation for AI training and simulation.

Founded in 2021, Blackshark.ai is backed by top-tier investors including M12, Point72, and IQT. The company leverages expertise from large-scale simulation environments originally developed in the video game industry.

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Job Details
Department Engineering – Data Plane
Category other
Posted 4 months ago