# Product Insights, Software Engineering Manager

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f29aef3e-3468-4ffe-8bf1-45baa3f09c40

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

Lead a newly formed team building scalable product pipelines that deliver advanced analytics and satellite imagery insights directly through BlackSky's platform. This role suits experienced engineering managers with cloud infrastructure expertise and a track record of operating mission-critical systems who want to bridge technical excellence with cross-functional product delivery.

_Our summary, not BlackSky's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Geospatial, Kubernetes, MLOps, Python

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience including complex distributed or mission-critical systems
- 2+ years leading engineering teams with formal people management responsibilities
- Experience designing and building scalable production software architectures
- Hands-on experience with AWS services (EKS, S3, EC2, Aurora/RDS, SQS, SNS, Batch)
- Strong communication skills bridging technical and non-technical stakeholders
- U.S. citizen or eligible for required authorizations

## Nice to have

- Master's degree in a relevant technical field
- 10+ years of professional engineering experience with high-availability or mission-critical software leadership
- 2+ years of experience in the geospatial industry
- MLOps and DataOps practice knowledge
- Experience with distributed compute environments like Kubernetes and Dask
- Strong Python or Golang proficiency for data ETL, microservices, geospatial, or analytics
- Knowledge of system safety, fault tolerance, redundancy, and recovery strategies
- Track record aligning engineering with product, sales, and executive leadership on roadmaps
- Experience balancing commercial production SLAs with program-specific requirements

Apply on BlackSky's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/blacksky/jobs/8694025002?gh_jid=8694025002