Staff Software Engineer – Mission Management

BlackSky

Staff Software Engineer developing and maintaining software for mission management services at BlackSky. Collaborating with engineers to execute autonomous constellation operations products.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeSeattle • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, and maintain software for the components making up BlackSky’s mission management services.
Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and team planning discussions.
Take an active role in testing, debugging, and documenting implemented software functionality.
Proactively identify problems with requirements (lack of clarity, inconsistencies, technical limitations) and communicates these issues early.
Interface with mission planning, ground software, and platform engineers to plan and execute autonomous constellation operations software products.
Assist with operational tasks to ensure stability in production environments and support ongoing constellation operations and customer fulfillment efforts
Support on-call rotations and troubleshooting of live system operations as needed.
Support Launch and Early Operations of new satellites.
Other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or higher in one of the following fields: computer science, mathematics, physics, statistics, or another computational field or equivalent experience.
A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant software development experience.
Fluency in Python, a strong understanding of Go, and comfortable using other languages when necessary.
Expert knowledge of software design, maintenance, and implementation including data structures, data retrieval and storage, algorithm efficiency, and maintainable scalable code.
Demonstrated initiative to identify and solve problems or inefficiencies in your current field of expertise.
Possess strong team and inter-team cooperation and organization skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong understanding of audience.
Ability to sustain a workload consisting of several concurrent, independent activities.
This position requires U.S. citizenship or status as a U.S. person

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonGosoftware designsoftware maintenancesoftware implementationdata structuresdata retrievalalgorithm efficiencyscalable codedebugging

Soft Skills

problem-solvingteam cooperationinter-team cooperationorganization skillswritten communicationverbal communicationinitiativeworkload management

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree