Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

BlackSky•Tukwila, WA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company that operates a space-based intelligence platform and provides satellite imagery, automated analytics, and high-frequency monitoring. The Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer is a hands-on individual contributor who reports to the Manager, Software Test & Infrastructure. The role is responsible for end-to-end build systems, configuration, CI/CD pipelines, and internal tool integration, and contributes substantially to internal tools such as device emulators and emulation environments. It also supports software requirements and test plans for these capabilities and features. As a senior team member, the engineer will have an impact across critical programs from design through execution. The position collaborates with the embedded systems group and cross-functional and program team members. Tukwila, Washington is the preferred location, with the ability to work in the office one to two days per week; strong remote candidates may also be considered. The role requires U.S. citizenship due to program requirements.

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 and 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 ESG 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, and four floating holidays, prorated based on hire date.
One day of paid volunteerism leave per year.
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.