Staff Software Engineer - Data & Machine Learning Operations

November 10

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BlackSky

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Satellite Imaging • Small Satellites • Global Observation • Spacecrafts • Microsat

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2013

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔐 Security

🏢 Enterprise

Description

• BlackSky is looking for a talented and creative Staff Software Engineer to support the development, operation, and capability evolution of Spectra AI, BlackSky’s cutting-edge AI/ML Platform. • As part of the machine learning team, you are instrumental in supporting the automated monitoring mission at BlackSky. • You will help ensure that Spectra AI produces consistent, reliable, and relevant analytics to BlackSky’s growing user base. • This position is a critical element of the BlackSky AI/ML Engineering team and is expected to work collaboratively with internal satellite development teams to ensure success.

Requirements

• Minimum of eight years of hands-on experience as a software engineer with at least three years focused on geospatial imagery. • Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree or higher in one of the following fields: computer science, mathematics, physics, statistics, or another computational field. • Demonstrated experience designing and building scalable production software solutions and architectures, especially for machine learning or image processing. • Strong Python3 proficiency or GO proficiency and experience writing production software for data ETL, REST APIs, micro-services, geospatial, or data analytics, and cloud deployment. • Experience with databases, SQL queries, and data model design especially SQL such as PostgreSQL/PostGIS. • Experience writing software to integrate with third-party APIs, performing data ETL, and managing complex data at scale in relational data stores. • Strong ability to communicate concepts and software system results with customers, management, and the technical team, highlighting actionable insights. • Hands on experience with cloud services such as AWS EKS, S3, EC2, Aurora / RDS, SQS, SNS, Batch, etc. • You may have some exposure to machine learning. While not a requirement, it would be helpful if you have studied or have worked with machine learning, statistics, computer vision and would enjoy working with Computer Vision subject matter experts. • Must be a US Citizen.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life, and AD&D insurance • BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for 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, parental leave and more. • 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 • Mac or PC? Your choice! • Awesome swag