BlackSky is hiring a Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise Services

BlackSky is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for our Enterprise Services team. You will design, develop, deploy, and migrate enterprise-grade solutions for both internally hosted and customer-hosted environments. In this role, you will work with internal stakeholders and high-profile customers to deliver customized integrations with our core systems.

What You'll Do

• Work with a team of senior software engineers to deliver high-quality, customer-facing or customer-deployed software integrations.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams and product management to refine requirements into implementable solutions.
• Participate in peer mentorship and code reviews to produce high-quality, maintainable software.
• Design solutions to complex problems and present designs for review.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and highly available enterprise service solutions.
• Support migration efforts of legacy enterprise services to modern containerized and Kubernetes-based deployments using GitOps methodologies.
• Develop automation pipelines for provisioning infrastructure, deploying services, and managing configuration changes using tools like Terraform and ArgoCD.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of professional software development experience.
• At least five years of experience in Java.
• Proficiency in at least one other programming language (Python preferred).
• Experience with Infrastructure as a Service technology such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience with AWS technologies such as ECS, EKS, RDS, SQS, and Lambda.
• Production experience deploying, troubleshooting, and monitoring Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and network security.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented design and system architecture.
• Strong knowledge of building and deploying containerized Linux environments.
• The program this role supports requires being a US-born citizen.

Nice to Have

• Experience as a tech lead or co-lead.
• Proven experience migrating services and applications from traditional infrastructure to Kubernetes.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor others.
• Experience communicating directly with customer technical staff such as infrastructure and security teams.

Technical Stack

• Java, Python, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CloudFormation
• AWS (ECS, EKS, RDS, SQS, Lambda)
• GitHub, GitOps, ArgoCD

Team & Environment

You will be a key member of the Enterprise Services Team, reporting to the Manager of Enterprise Services.

Benefits & Compensation

• Compensation: $150,000-$170,000 per year (Seattle, WA)
• 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, 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.
• Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs.
• Employer matching donations.
• Professional development.
• Mac or PC? Your choice!
• Awesome swag.

Work Mode

This role follows a hybrid work model. Positions are based in Herndon, VA, or can be Remote.

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 consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.