BlackSky
blacksky.com
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Space & Aerospace
Earth Observation
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How BlackSky hires
Truth index
A 87/100
Median time to fill
92 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
33%
Reposted roles
0%
BlackSky scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 33% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 92 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
BlackSky operates a constellation of small imaging satellites and an analytics platform that turns imagery into automated alerts. Founded in 2014 in Virginia, it emphasises revisit rate over resolution so that changes are noticed quickly. Its computer vision detects aircraft, vessels and construction activity without analyst review.
News
BlackSky's Fifth Gen-3 Attains First Light in Hours, Expanding Constellation Capacity and Decision-Making Speed for Customers
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BlackSky Named Exclusive Provider of Very High-Resolution Electro-Optical Constellation for New International Initiative to Build the World's Largest Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure in Space
PARIS & HERNDON, Va., September 09, 2026--BlackSky named exclusive provider of very high-resolution EO constellation for initiative to build world's largest AI infrastructure in space
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Why Is BlackSky (NYSE:BKSY) Expanding Its Global ISR Footprint?
BlackSky expands international ISR services through Gen-Three imagery and artificial intelligence analytics, with the NYSE Composite providing relevant exchange context for its listing.
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BlackSky's CEO Sold Over 15,000 Company Shares. Here's What That Means for Investors.
Specializing in real-time geospatial intelligence, this analytics provider reported a notable insider sale amid a year of sharp stock gains.
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BlackSky Technology Q1 Earnings Call Highlights
Detailed price information for Blacksky Technology Inc (BKSY-N) from The Globe and Mail including charting and trades.
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Social media's next evolution: decentralized, open-source, and scalable
How Blacksky grew to millions of users without spending a dollar
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at BlackSky over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
74
Postings analysed
19
Stack modernity
64/100
Languages
Python84%
C++26%
Bash11%
SQL11%
Frameworks & libraries
OpenTelemetry11%
GDAL5%
PyTorch5%
Dask5%
Databases
ElasticSearch11%
OpenSearch11%
Amazon Aurora5%
Cloud & platforms
AWS42%
Kubernetes37%
Amazon EC216%
Amazon EKS16%
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74 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$150k
Typical range
$76k – $230k
Open positions
20
20
Jobs
Junior
10%
Middle
5%
Senior
45%
Staff
25%
Principal
10%
Architect
5%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $82k | $80k – $84k |
| Middle | 1 | $155k | $155k |
| Senior | 9 | $150k | $76k – $165k |
| Staff | 5 | $205k | $150k – $205k |
| Principal | 2 | $223k | $215k – $230k |
| Architect | 1 | $215k | $215k |
Highest paying role
Principal Engineer, Spacecraft Test Development
$230k
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By role, level and city, against the market · 20 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
87/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
24
13 opened / 8 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
87 days
faster than 16% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
20% ▼
Finance
12% ▲
Security
8% ▲
Leadership
8% ▼
HR
8% ▲
Field & Service
8% ▼
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+4 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: United Kingdom
Oct 2026
New location: United States
Oct 2026
Added Time Series Forecasting to stack
Oct 2026
Added Self-Supervised Learning to stack
Oct 2026
Added PyTorch to stack
Oct 2026
Added Multimodal AI to stack
Oct 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Oct 2026
Added GDAL to stack
Oct 2026
Added Computer Vision to stack
Oct 2026
Added Sensor Fusion to stack
Oct 2026
Added NIST 800-53 to stack
Sep 2026
Added NIST 800-171 to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
5
Hiring now
3
Countries
2
Busiest office
Herndon
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Herndon
United States
HQ
Herndon 2+ days in office
13 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 15% engineering 69% remote 50-200 est. staff $158k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Security, Industrial Engineering
Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20171
Seattle
United States
Engineering / R&D
Seattle 2+ days in office
9 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 11% engineering 78% remote 10-50 est. staff $150k Avg Salary
hires for Leadership, HR, Industrial Engineering
1000 Dexter Ave N,
Tukwila
United States
Plant / site
Tukwila 2+ days in office
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $155k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Singapore
Singapore
Regional office
Int'l/Singapore
1-10 est. staff
Albuquerque
United States
Regional office
Albuquerque 2+ days in office
Jobs
≈ $117k – $213k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • 6+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Tukwila
Confluence
Agile
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$165k – $205k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Seattle • Herndon
Sensor Fusion
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$80k – $90k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • 7+ years exp • Seattle • Herndon
Python
JavaScript
PowerShell
Terraform
VMWare
CloudFormation
Nomad
AWS
Docker
Ubuntu
CentOS Stream
Amazon ECS
Linux
Windows
Cybersecurity
Crowdstrike
Nessus
CIS Benchmarks
NIST 800-171
Microsoft Entra ID
EnCase
Active Directory
SIEM
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$190k – $215k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • 15+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Herndon
Terraform
Helm
Git
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-53
NIST 800-171
FedRAMP
Management
Agile
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$165k – $205k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Seattle
Python
C++
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
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$145k – $165k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • Top Secret • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Herndon
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$165k – $205k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Seattle • Herndon
Python
Go
Dask
Databases
Amazon Aurora
DevOps
AWS
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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$200k – $230k per year • Equity • Hybrid • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Tukwila
Python
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Financials
Total raised
$11.3M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
10