About the company
Spire Global is a space-to-cloud analytics company that owns and operates the largest multi-purpose constellation of satellites, providing advanced maritime, aviation, and weather tracking.
Responsibilities
- Develop and enhance satellite-side applications with a focus on file transfer to and from the satellite and its payloads
- Contribute to the design and implementation of the next generation of Spire's File Transfer architecture (Rust)
- Ensure file transfer services meet internal and mission-driven security standards
- Enhance observability and fault-tolerance of file transfer services
- Contribute to the design and implementation of highly available, fault-tolerant systems
- Perform ground-based testing and in-orbit verification of new software services
- Coordinate with communications team, systems engineering, product owners, and internal customers
- Create and maintain documentation for APIs and system architectures
- Implement observability solutions for space and ground-based services
Requirements
- 5+ years' experience in professional software development
- Proven experience in production-grade software development using at least one compiled language
- Proficiency in Python or equivalent high-level language
- Knowledge of Linux-based development
- Systems-level thinking (distributed, scalable, highly available)
- Hands-on experience with Cloud Computing Platforms (AWS), IaC and modern CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of version control systems
- Proficiency in Python and Rust (preferred)
- Experience under regulatory frameworks such as NIST and FAR (preferred)
- Familiarity with cybersecurity principles and platforms such as Wiz (preferred)
- Experience writing applications between L3 and L7 networking layers (preferred)
- Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash (preferred)
Conditions
- Hybrid work model: minimum three days per week in the office
- Base salary range: $130,000 – $171,000 USD
- Eligible for commissions and annual equity awards
- Benefits: vacation, sick and personal time off, medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, 401(K) plan, health and wellness reimbursement, Employee Stock Purchase Plan