Director of Geospatial Software Engineering — Satellite Data

Attis; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health plan

Flexible time off

Learning and development opportunities

Commuter benefits

Job summary

A pioneering technology company is seeking a Director of Software Engineering in San Francisco, CA. The role involves designing platforms and data pipelines related to geospatial intelligence. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in software engineering and expertise in Python, satellite imagery data, and agile methodologies. This hybrid role combines individual contribution and leadership responsibilities, offering a competitive salary and equity package.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with progression into leadership roles.
• Expert-level proficiency working with satellite imagery data.
• Experience building and operating customer-facing APIs and data processing systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain core systems across the customer-facing platform.
• Write production-quality Python code and support robust geospatial products.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a small engineering team.

Skills

Python

Geospatial libraries (GDAL, Rasterio, xarray)

Agile/Scrum

AWS technologies (CDK, Lambda, S3, ECS, RDS)

Data pipelines

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Tools

Jira

Job description

A pioneering technology company is seeking a Director of Software Engineering in San Francisco, CA. The role involves designing platforms and data pipelines related to geospatial intelligence. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in software engineering and expertise in Python, satellite imagery data, and agile methodologies. This hybrid role combines individual contribution and leadership responsibilities, offering a competitive salary and equity package.