Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure
- US citizenship
- ITAR / US person
About the job
## About Us BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe.
BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly.
Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun. The Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer is a hands-on individual contributor role that reports to the Manager, Software Test & Infrastructure. You’ll be responsible for the end-to-end build systems, configuration, CI/CD pipelines, and internal tool integration.
This role also contributes heavily to internal tools including device emulators and emulation environments. Additionally, you’ll contribute to software requirements and test plan support for those capabilities and features. As a senior member of the team, you’ll make a large business impact across multiple critical programs from design to execution.
You’ll collaborate across our embedded systems group and work closely with other cross-functional and program team members.
The preferred location is Tukwila, WA with the ability to work in the Tukwila office 1-2 days a week but we may be open to strong remote candidates. ## Responsibilities - Deploy and manage build systems, CI/CD pipelines and cloud-based infrastructure such as AWS. - Drive work to timely completion using task management tools like Jira in an Agile-like environment; participate and lead in status and standup meetings, sprint planning, tasking, etc. - Collaborate with other ESG software team members and other cross-functional engineers from multiple disciplines to deliver mission-critical software infrastructure and tools that are on-time and high quality. - Ensure that adequate documentation, test, inspection, and analysis is delivered and performed to verify compliance with requirements and other goals. - Execute and provide feedback for flight software design, development, unit tests and releases processes. - Other job-related duties as assigned. ## Required Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience - At least six (6) years of experience delivering and maintaining commercial/embedded. software in a production environment. - Expertise in engineering clean and maintainable Python and Bash code. - Experience with version control and continuous integration. - Expertise with developer took chains, build tools and pipeline, such as Git, GitLab, GitLab CI, Jenkins, JIRA. - Expertise working with Linux toolchains and environments (Gnu toolchain, QEMU, Buildroot, Yocto). - Experience working in Agile/SCRUM environment. - Proven experience delivering products on time and on budget. - Excellent root cause analysis and problem-solving skills. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Demonstrated ability to work across teams, skill sets, communication in a diverse environment. - Must be able to work with minimal supervision. - Due to program requirements, this role requires US citizenship. ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience testing and verifying embedded software - Bonus if experience building or maintaining hardware for embedded software testing - Experience programming in Python - Experience programming in C/C++ - Bonus for ability to debug C/C++ and perform fault analysis - Experience maintaining CI/CD systems, or in maintaining infrastructure as code - Experience with QEMU and device emulation - Experience with buildroot or Yocto ## Life at BlackSky for full-time US benefits eligible employees includes - 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 The anticipated salary range for candidates in Seattle, WA is $145,000-165,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA.
BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. To conform to U.S.
Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S.
Department of State. #LI-Hybrid ## EEO/ Pay Transparency Statements https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf
Where you can work from
This job is 100% remote, for applicants who live in the United States.
From BlackSky's job posting, checked 7 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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