Spire is making a fundamental shift in how it operates its constellation. We are moving from a model where trained operators watch dashboards and escalate to experts, to one where the system is fully autonomous, self-healing, and data intelligent. This team is building that future, and this role sits at the center of it.
The old model relies on operators, escalations, manual processes, and institutional knowledge locked in the heads of a few experts. It does not scale and it does not belong in a modern space company. We know what we want to replace it with: SRE principles applied to a constellation, autonomous fault handling, AI-driven anomaly detection, low toil, high data quality, and continuous improvement baked into the system.
You will be one of the engineers who makes that real.
What You Will Work On
Autonomous Operations:
Design and build fault detection, isolation, and automated recovery pipelines for satellites and ground stations
Drive elimination of manual processes. If a human is doing it repeatedly, automate it.
Build space situational awareness systems so the fleet always knows its own state
Develop operational automation for mission execution at scale
Telemetry and Data Platform:
Architect and build a flexible data platform that ingests, stores, and surfaces telemetry from space and ground assets
Build analytics and visualization tools that surface operational insight and not just raw data
Apply ML and AI techniques to detect anomalies, predict failures, andoptimizeconstellation performance
Work directly with data at every layer from pipeline design to query
Reliability Engineering:
Define and instrument SLOs and reliability metrics for space and ground assets
Build monitoring and alerting systems that know what matters and ruthlessly suppress noise
Own configuration control and software rollout processes for on-orbit and ground assets
Mission Software:
Build real-time dashboards and operator tooling that make mission statusimmediatelylegible
Collaborate directly with satellite operators and mission teams to turn operational pain into software solutions
Design systems for automated mission execution including planning, scheduling, and commanding at scale
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of professional software engineering, SRE, or DevOps experience
Strong Python skills across backend services, data pipelines, and automation. Not just scripts.
Real experienceapplying data analysis to solve complex operational or technical problems, comfortable working directly with data at every layer from pipeline design to query
Solid Linux fundamentals including bash scripting andbasicsystem administration
Experience with containerized development and production environments
The communication skills to work across engineering, operations, and mission teams and translate real-world requirements into working software
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with data backends such as Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, or S3
Hands-on experience with Databricks or modern dataLakehousetooling
Experience building or operating monitoring and alerting systems such as Grafana, Prometheus, or Nagios
Infrastructure as Code experience with tools such as Terraform or Ansible
ML or AI applications in an operational ormonitoring@context
Experience with Python data visualization libraries
Experience with data backends such as Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, or S3
Hands-on experience with Databricks or modern dataLakehousetooling
Experience building or operating monitoring and alerting systems such as Grafana, Prometheus, or Nagios
Infrastructure as Code experience with tools such as Terraform or Ansible
ML or AI applications in an operational ormonitoring@context
Experience with Python data visualization libraries
Spire operatesa hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three business days per week in the office.
Access to US export-controlled software and/or technology may be
required
for this role. If needed, Spire will arrange the necessary licenses-this is not something candidates need to have before applying.
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The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Final base salary for this role will be based on the location, skills, experience and qualifications. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for commissions and annual equity awards. This role is also eligible for our employee benefits program, including vacation, sick, and personal time off; optional medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage; a 401(K) plan; health and wellness reimbursement program; and participation in Spire's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Base Salary Range
$130,000
$171,000 USD
Global Perks
Name Your Satellite Program (NYSP) Launch Attendance Generous Time Off Policy Education Assistance Program Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) Family Leave Fitness Reimbursement Employee Referral Program Healthy snacks & beverages in every office
About Spire
Weimprove life on Earth with data from space.
Spire Global is a space-to-cloud analytics company that owns and operates the largest multi-purpose constellation of satellites. Its proprietary data and algorithms provide the most advanced maritime, aviation, and weather tracking in the world. In addition to its constellation, Spire's data infrastructure includes a global ground station network and 24/7 operations that provide real-time global coverage of every point on Earth.
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