Spire Global is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Satellite Developer Experience (SatDevEx) team, an agile, forward-thinking group that empowers developers across Spire to build, test, and deploy software for one of the world’s largest satellite constellations.
About SatDevEx:
The SatDevEx team builds and maintains the tools, frameworks, and infrastructure that make satellite software development at Spire faster, safer, and more enjoyable. We’re engineers building for engineers, with a focus on reliability, automation, and developer happiness.
What You’ll Do:
* Design and maintain advanced testing frameworks—supporting both virtual and bare-metal hardware environments—for internal teams and external customers.
* Build and enhance an automated software update pipeline for satellites in orbit.
* Identify and eliminate friction points in the satellite software development lifecycle with smart, user-friendly tools and workflows.
* Architect and implement the next-generation satellite software framework to support highly resilient and high-performance space systems.
Why This Role Is Exciting:
* Broad Impact: Your work will support dozens of developers across Spire, directly improving satellite software quality and delivery speed.
* Technical Depth: From embedded systems to GitOps pipelines, you’ll operate across a wide technical spectrum.
* Team Autonomy: You’ll be part of a small, self-directed team with the resources and support of a 150+ person engineering organization.
* Culture of Automation: We embrace CI/CD, extensive test coverage, and a GitOps-based delivery model, freeing you to focus on solving meaningful problems.
Key Skills:
* Proven experience building infrastructure or tools that support developer productivity.
* Strong coding skills and familiarity with testing strategies across the stack.
* Passion for automation, scalability, and elegant tooling.
* Comfort navigating complex systems and collaborating across functions (e.g., software researchers, embedded developers, satellite operators).
Spire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three days per week in the office.
Access to US export-controlled software and/or technology may be required for this role. If needed, Spire will arrange the necessary licenses—this is not something candidates need to have before applying.
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