Director of Software Engineering
SpireBoulder, Colorado, United States
Posted March 24, 2026
171000 - 202500 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Spire Global is a space-to-cloud analytics company that owns and operates the largest multi-purpose constellation of satellites.
Job Description
We are looking for a Director of Software Engineering to lead the transformation of our constellation from a manual, operator-driven model to a fully autonomous, self-healing system.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- At least 3 years in a technical leadership or staff-level individual contributor role
- Demonstrated track record building and shipping reliable production systems at scale
- Deep technical credibility
- Experience with SRE principles, reliability engineering, or large-scale automation
- Strong foundation in Python, distributed systems, data platforms, and cloud infrastructure
- Experience hiring and developing engineers
Benefits
- Vacation, sick, and personal time off
- Optional medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage
- 401(K) plan
- Health and wellness reimbursement program
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
