Director of Autonomous Systems & Platform Reliability

Spire; Boulder (CO); Híbrido; USD 171.000 - 203.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Commissions

Annual equity awards

Health benefits

Descripción de la vacante

Spire is redefining space operations with autonomous, self-healing systems. This Director will set the technical vision, define architecture, and grow a high-caliber team to meet ambitious reliability goals.

You will write code, review architecture, and drive technical decisions while mentoring engineers and shaping the platform strategy. Expect a hybrid work model with strong cross-functional influence across the company.

Formación

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 in a technical leadership or staff-level role.
• Demonstrated track record building and shipping reliable production systems at scale.
• Deep technical credibility with peer respect for judgment, not just title.
• 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.
• Strong communication and influence to drive architectural decisions across teams.

Responsabilidades

• Define and own the technical roadmap for autonomous constellation operations.
• Set the architectural direction for the data platform, reliability systems, and automation infrastructure.
• Stay hands-on: review code, prototype solutions, and dive into details when needed.
• Establish engineering standards for code quality, design, testing, and observability.
• Recruit, develop, and retain a team of 6 to 10 reliability and platform engineers.
• Lead the shift from manual processes to automated, self-healing operations.

Conocimientos

Python

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

SRE principles

Team leadership

Hiring engineers

Communication skills

Herramientas

Rust

Descripción del empleo

Spire is redefining space operations with autonomous, self-healing systems. This Director will set the technical vision, define architecture, and grow a high-caliber team to meet ambitious reliability goals.

You will write code, review architecture, and drive technical decisions while mentoring engineers and shaping the platform strategy. Expect a hybrid work model with strong cross-functional influence across the company.