Satellite and drone imagery access is on the rise, and traditional image processing methods are struggling to keep up.We'venever had more data, and yetit'snever been harder to gain meaningful insights.
Our scalable AI platform enables custom model training on global features, providing real-time, on-demand geospatial insights with impressive speed and accuracy. The application turns months of manual work into mere minutes, and with much better results.We work with customers from various domains, from intelligence anddefense, local and federal governments, to small andlargeenterprise enterprises, which requires us to have a lot of flexibility on how we deploy andmaintainour services.
We kicked off in 2020 and have secured $35 million in Series A funding from a lineup of top US and European investors, among which Microsoft M12, Point72 Ventures, Maxar, In-Q-Tel, SAFRAN, and ISAI/Capgemini.
We'researching for a Software Engineer to join ourControlPlane team, whereyou'llbuild the user-facing application that puts powerful geospatial AI capabilities into the hands of analysts and operators.You'llown the interface through which users train custom detection models, run inference on satellite and aerial imagery, visualize results on interactive maps, and manage complex workflowsfordefense, intelligence, and enterprise customers.
Your Mission
- Build and evolve our frontend application that serves as the primary interface for AI model training, inference execution, and results exploration.
- Develop rich, interactive map-based visualizations for displaying detection results, segmentation masks, and training data coverage across large geographic areas.
- Design intuitive workflows for complex geospatial operations: imagery upload and management, model configuration, inference parameterization, andresultsexport.
- BuildperformantUI components for browsing and interacting with large-scaleimagery handlingpan, zoom, and overlay rendering for high-resolution satellite and aerial data.
- Work closely with backend engineers to integrate with ourFastAPIservices, designing responsive interfaces that communicate pipeline status, processing progress, and async job results in real time.
- Contribute to our public API developer experience, building documentation portals and interactive tooling for external integrators.
- Ensure the application works reliably acrossa variety ofdeployment contexts. We runour platform as SaaS, single-tenant cloud,on-premise, andon edgelaptops in the field.
Your Profile
- Strong practical experience with Vue.jsandbuilding complex, stateful single-page applications.
- Solid software engineering fundamentals: HTML, CSS, TypeScript, component/integration testing, CI/CD, performance profiling, accessibility.
- Solid command of modern CSS and responsive layout for building information-dense, professional interfaces.
- Experience consuming RESTful APIs and managing asynchronousstate.
- Strong sensefor UX in technical products: you can translate complex workflows into clear, efficient interfaces without sacrificing power.
- Strong senseforuser interaction design related to web maps for geospatial applications.
- Familiarity with geospatial concepts: geospatial math, coordinate referencesystems, raster vs. vector data,GeoJSON,mapboxvector tiles, ...
- Familiarity with git.
- You'reoutcome-oriented and take pride in shipping interfaces that users genuinely enjoy working with.
Bonus Skills
- Experience with WebGL, Canvas, or GPU-accelerated rendering for large image or map data.
- Experience building applications for regulated or security-sensitive environments.
- Background working on data-heavy dashboards, monitoring tools, or analyst workbenches.
- Experience with Test-Driven Development.
- Experience with 3D assets(meshes, textures, materials, shaders, ...)for web applicationsor3D engines likeUnity or Unreal Engine
- Node.js,Vue.js, TypeScript
- OpenLayers
- Cypress
- REST APIs
- Docker, Kubernetes (for local dev and deployment awareness)
- Own the user experience:You'rebuilding the interface through which every detection, every model, and every insight reaches the user.
- Geospatial visualization at scale: Render detection results spanning continents,overlaidimagery from commercial satellites to tactical drones.
- Diverse deployment challenges: Ship a single application that runs in AWS, on classified networks, or on a laptop in the field.
- Strong technical culture: Work alongside ML engineers, GIS specialists, and 3D graphics engineers solving novel problems.
- Competitive compensation withflexible working arrangements andpersonalized benefits including learning opportunities, mental wellbeing programs, and healthcare.
The minimum salary is56.000,--€ gross per year. The effective salary depends on qualification and experience and may be significantly higher!
Blackshark.ai
AI-powered object detection & 3D simulation environments at planet-scale.
Blackshark.ai harnesses advanced AI and satellite technology to create realistic 3D digital twins of Earth, offering actionable insights for diverse industries through geospatial intelligence.
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Series A - Point72 Ventures, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund$20M
Company Blackshark.ai