Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure
About The Position
The Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer is a hands-on individual contributor reporting to the Manager, Software Test & Infrastructure. The role is responsible for end-to-end build systems, configuration, CI/CD pipelines, cloud-based infrastructure, and internal tool integration. It also contributes to internal tools such as device emulators and emulation environments, as well as software requirements and test-plan support for related capabilities and features. As a senior team member, this engineer makes a significant business impact across critical programs, from design through execution. The position collaborates across the embedded systems group and with cross-functional and program team members. The preferred location is Tukwila, Washington, with work in the Tukwila office one to two days per week; strong remote candidates may also be considered.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- At least six years of experience delivering and maintaining commercial or embedded software in a production environment.
- Expertise in writing clean, maintainable Python and Bash code.
- Experience with version control and continuous integration.
- Expertise with developer toolchains, build tools, and pipelines, such as Git, GitLab, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and Jira.
- Expertise working with Linux toolchains and environments, including the GNU toolchain, QEMU, Buildroot, and Yocto.
- Experience working in an Agile/SCRUM environment.
- Proven experience delivering products on time and on budget.
- Excellent root-cause analysis and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work across teams and skill sets and communicate in a diverse environment.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Experience testing and verifying embedded software.
- Experience building or maintaining hardware for embedded software testing.
- Experience programming in Python.
- Experience programming in C/C++.
- Ability to debug C/C++ and perform fault analysis.
- Experience maintaining CI/CD systems or infrastructure as code.
- Experience with QEMU and device emulation.
- Experience with Buildroot or Yocto.
Responsibilities
- Deploy and manage build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-based infrastructure such as AWS.
- Drive work to timely completion using task management tools such as Jira in an Agile-like environment; participate in and lead status and standup meetings, sprint planning, and tasking.
- Collaborate with software team members and cross-functional engineers from multiple disciplines to deliver mission-critical software infrastructure and tools on time and at high quality.
- Ensure adequate documentation, testing, inspection, and analysis are delivered and performed to verify compliance with requirements and other goals.
- Execute and provide feedback for flight software design, development, unit tests, and release processes.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, and voluntary life and AD&D insurance.
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only medical, dental, and vision premiums and contributes $100 per month toward 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, and parental leave.
- 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.
- Choice of Mac or PC.
- Company swag.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
