Manager, Product Insights

BlackSky

Engineering Manager leading BlackSky’s Product Insights team, which delivers satellite imagery analytics and monitoring products. Building scalable hosting pipelines and partner integrations for real-time intelligence customers.

Posted 8/18/2026full-timeVirginia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $165,000 - $205,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading high-performing engineering teams, designing scalable production software solutions, and implementing product hosting architectures. Proficient in cloud services and capable of bridging technical and non-technical teams to drive product delivery and strategic alignment.

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Leadership In Engineering TeamsAWS Cloud ServicesScalable Software ArchitecturePython Or Golang ProficiencyMLOps And DataOps Knowledge

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringDistributed SystemsProduct Hosting ArchitectureData ETLMicroservicesCloud DeploymentKubernetesDaskTechnical StrategyCapacity Planning

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationCross-Functional CollaborationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

AWS EKSAWS S3AWS EC2AWS Aurora/RDSAWS SQSAWS SNSAWS Batch

Industry Keywords

Geospatial IndustryHigh-Availability SystemsMission-Critical SoftwareITAR Compliance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudEC2ETLGoKubernetesMicroservicesPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the Product Insights engineering team focused on product hosting, partner product integration, and platform-based product delivery
Build, develop, and retain a high-performing engineering team
Set technical strategy and roadmap for the Product Insights team
Design and implement product hosting architectures, including pipeline execution, versioning, reliability, and monitoring
Collaborate with product, platform, AI/analytics, imagery, and partner engineering teams to define requirements and priorities
Identify and remove cross-team roadblocks involving product ingestion, data availability, platform constraints, and partner integration
Maintain technical involvement through code reviews, architectural decisions, and occasional hands-on development
Foster continuous improvement, technical excellence, product reliability, and customer impact
Identify risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities to accelerate product delivery
Support sprint planning, team capacity management, and roadmap development
Perform other responsibilities as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Minimum eight years of professional experience in software engineering, including complex distributed, autonomous, or mission-critical systems
At least two years leading engineering teams as a people manager or technical lead with formal leadership responsibilities
Minimum two years managing or leading high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, capacity planning, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration
Experience designing and building scalable production software solutions and architectures
Hands-on experience with AWS EKS, S3, EC2, Aurora/RDS, SQS, SNS, Batch, and related cloud services
Excellent communication skills and ability to bridge technical teams and non-technical business units
Some programs may require U.S. citizenship
Preferred: Master’s degree or higher in a relevant technical field
Preferred: 10+ years of professional engineering experience, including high-availability or mission-critical software leadership
Preferred: 2+ years in the geospatial industry
Preferred: MLOps and DataOps knowledge and experience
Preferred: Distributed compute experience with Kubernetes and Dask
Preferred: Strong Python or Golang proficiency and production software experience in data ETL, microservices, geospatial, data analytics, or cloud deployment
Preferred: Knowledge of system safety, fault tolerance, redundancy, and recovery strategies
Preferred: Experience partnering with Product, Sales, and Executive leadership to align roadmaps with business goals
Preferred: Experience aligning engineering execution with commercial production SLAs and program-specific requirements
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations for ITAR compliance

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
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!
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