Senior Software Engineer

BlackSky

Senior Software Build Engineer at BlackSky managing CI/CD pipelines and build systems across critical programs. Collaborating with teams to ensure timely delivery of high-quality software infrastructure.

Posted 6/15/2026full-timeSeattle • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudJenkinsLinuxPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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 tool 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.
This position may support programs which require US citizenship.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays, 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

PythonBashversion controlcontinuous integrationLinuxGnu toolchainQEMUBuildrootYoctoAgile

Soft Skills

root cause analysisproblem-solvingwritten communicationverbal communicationcollaborationteamworkleadershiptime managementadaptabilityself-motivation