Full-Stack Weather Software Engineer

Spire Global; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Spire Global is seeking a Full-Stack Software Engineer to build and deploy customer products on a weather-focused platform. You’ll work from React UI to AWS infrastructure, delivering front-end maps, time-series views, and alerts while designing robust REST APIs and scalable data services.

You will collaborate with weather scientists, product managers, and designers, leveraging AI tooling and modern DevOps practices to ship production-ready features.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building production software with a strong front-end track record.
• Experience designing information-dense interfaces for complex data.
• Proficiency in Python services, REST APIs, Docker, CI/CD, and deploying to AWS.
• Experience with relational databases and schema design.
• Fluency with AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Codex.

Responsibilities

• Design and build customer-facing applications that present weather data via interactive maps, time-series views, comparisons, and alerts.
• Own the full vertical slice end to end, from the React UI down to the AWS infrastructure underneath.
• Design clean, well-documented, and performant REST APIs with data validation and error handling.
• Take work from prototype to production: deploy, monitor, and iterate.

Skills

Front-end track record

Back-end development

Python services

REST APIs

React UI

AWS

Docker

CI/CD

Relational databases

Claude Code / Codex

Tools

Docker

Terraform

GitHub Actions

AWS services (S3, DynamoDB, Lambda)

Job description

Spire Global runs the world’s largest multi-purpose satellite constellation, streaming real-time weather and Earth-observation data. Our Weather division fuses AI and NWP forecasts — initialized with Spire’s proprietary observational data — to build mission-critical products for customers across energy trading, utilities, agriculture, and other industries. As a Full-Stack Software Engineer,you’llwork with our weather model output to build and deploy customer products and thefront-endsystemsthey’redelivered through.
The Role:

This role sits at the intersection of weather science, geophysical sensing, cloud engineering, and modern AI tooling, building operational products that customers depend on every day.We’relooking for engineers who combine strong front-endand back-endknowledge and experience witheffective use of modern AI tooling. Key responsibilities include:

Front-end & UX:

• Design and build customer-facing applications that present weather data via interactive maps, time-series views, comparisons, and alerts.
• Establish andmaintainfront-end quality throughcomponenttesting, end-to-end testing, and a reusablecomponentlibrary or design system that keeps products consistent as they scale.
• Collaborate closely with product management, designers, and weather scientists to define and refine requirements, rapidly prototyping to get early feedback.
• Leverage AI coding assistants like Claudein order tobuild faster and test more thoroughly.
• Scope projects with long timelines, breaking work into epics and tickets as necessary to meet deadlines.

Back-end& Delivery:

• Own the full vertical slice end to end, from the React UI down to the AWS infrastructure underneath.
• Build andmaintainCRUD endpoints for user data, saved views, and alert configurations, backed by a relationalor NoSQLdatabase.
• Implement authentication and authorization: handle OIDC login flows, design role-based access control (RBAC).
• Design clean, well-documented, and performantREST APIs with data validation and error handling.
• Take work from prototype to production: deploy, monitor, and iterate.

Basic Skills/Experience:

• 5+ years building production software, with a strong front-end track record and experience deploying and operating production systems.
• Experience designing clear, information-dense interfaces that make complex data legible and actionable.
• Comfortable working across the stack: Python services and REST APIs, plus working familiarity with containers (Docker), CI/CD, and deploying to AWS.
• Experience with relational databases and schema design.
• Day-to-day fluency with agentic coding tools such as Claude Code or Codex. You can speak concretely about how you use them, what you delegate, and where they fit in your workflow.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and cloud operations: Terraform, GitHub Actions, and AWS services (S3, DynamoDB, and Lambda)
• Knowledge of weather models — both NWP (GFS, ECMWF, HRRR, WRF) and modern AI forecasters (GraphCast, Pangu-Weather,FourCastNet, AIFS) — and the major observational data sources (satellite, radar, surface, radio occultation).
• Working knowledge of the software stack for weather and geophysical data: GRIB2,NetCDF, Zarr, and thePangeoecosystem (xarray,Dask). You communicate fluently with scientists.

Spire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three 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. #LI-MK1

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

$130,500 — $171,000 USD

About Spire

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.

We improve life on Earth with data from space.

Spire is Global and our success draws upon the diverse viewpoints, skills and experiences of our employees. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status.

To help maintain a safe and secure workplace for Spire employees, all candidates who receive a conditional offer will be required to complete a background check . This may include criminal history and employment verification.

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