# Ground and Control Services, Software Engineering Manager

Hiring organization: [BlackSky](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/blacksky)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/56f4b879-a42f-4df1-828f-b0a2d3b2c186

Listed on BlackSky's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 165000 – 205000 USD per year

## Summary

This is a management role leading the software engineering team that builds autonomous systems controlling BlackSky's satellite constellation, including tasking, telemetry, and ground station communications. The ideal candidate is a technical people manager with deep experience in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure who can balance rapid iteration with operational reliability in a mission-critical environment.

_Our summary, not BlackSky's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ansible, C++, CI/CD, Go, Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure, Python, Terraform

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years professional software engineering experience
- 2+ years leading engineering teams as people manager or technical lead
- Strong technical background in Go, Python, or C++
- Experience developing and deploying microservices in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) or on-premises Kubernetes
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, version control, and operational best practices
- Ability to manage priorities and coordinate across teams in fast-paced environments
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills

## Nice to have

- Master's degree in relevant technical field
- 10+ years professional engineering experience
- Experience managing teams working with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible) or container orchestration (Kubernetes, Nomad)
- Knowledge of system safety, fault tolerance, redundancy, and recovery strategies
- Background in satellite operations, ground stations, or aerospace domains
- Experience aligning engineering with both commercial SLAs and program-specific requirements

Apply on BlackSky's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/blacksky/jobs/8615665002?gh_jid=8615665002