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We are moving from a model where trained operators watch dashboards and escalate to experts, to one where the system is fully autonomous, self-healing, and data intelligent. This Director will lead that transformation. You will set the technical vision, define the architecture, build and inspire the team, and personally raise the standard for what modern space operations look like. \nThe old model relies on operators, escalations, manual processes, and institutional knowledge locked in the heads of a few experts. It does not scale and it does not belong in a modern space company. We know what we want to replace it with: SRE principles applied to a constellation, autonomous fault handling, AI-driven anomaly detection, low toil, high data quality, and continuous improvement baked into the system. \nWhat This Role Is Not\n\nThis is not a role for someone who wants to graduate out of technical work. If your ideal week is back-to-back 1:1s, sprint ceremonies, and stakeholder syncs, this is not the right fit. We need a director who writes code, reviews architecture, challenges technical decisions, and earns the team's respect through demonstrated craft and not just tenure or title. \nWhat You Will Work On:\n\nTechnical Leadership \n\nDefine and own the technical roadmap for autonomous constellation operations\nSet the architectural direction for the data platform, reliability systems, and automation infrastructure\nStay hands-on: review code, prototype solutions, and get into the details when it matters\nEstablish engineering standards across code quality, system design, testing, and observability, and hold the team to them\nBe the person engineers come to when the problem is genuinely hard\nTeam Building & Culture \n\nRecruit, develop, and retain a team of 6 to 10 world-class reliability and platform engineers\nSet the pace, tone, and ambition for the team and make being on it feel like a privilege\nCreate an environment where engineers grow fast, own their work, and ship things they are proud of\nIdentify gaps and level up engineers through mentorship and not just management\n\nOperational Transformation \n\nLead the shift from manual, operator-driven processes to fully automated and self-healing operations\nDefine and drive toward SLOs, error budgets, and reliability targets for the constellation\nPartner with satellite operations and mission teams to translate pain into software solutions\n\nCross-Functional Influence \n\nBe the technical voice of the team in company-wide conversations about architecture, infrastructure, and platform strategy\nInfluence how Spire thinks about automation, data, and AI/ML across the broader engineering organization\nBasic Skills/Qualifications: \n\n7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 in a technical leadership or staff-level individual contributor role\nDemonstrated track record building and shipping reliable production systems at scale. You have owned things that could not go down.\nDeep technical credibility. Engineers on your teams have respected your judgment and not just your title.\nExperience with SRE principles, reliability engineering, or large-scale automation. You have reduced toil systematically and not just complained about it.\nStrong foundation in Python, distributed systems, data platforms, and cloud infrastructure\nExperience hiring and developing engineers. You know what great looks like and how to find it.\nThe communication and influence skills to drive technical decisions across teams you do not directly control\n\nPreferred Qualifications: \n\nExperience applying AI/ML or advanced analytics to operational or monitoring problems\nExperience writing performance software in Rust\nBackground in space systems, aerospace, or highly constrained real-time environments\nExperience building data lakes, telemetry platforms, or observability infrastructure at scale\nA history of leading teams through technical transformations and not just maintaining the status quo\nSpire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three days per week in the office.\nAccess to US export-controlled software and/or technology may be requiredfor this role. If needed, Spire will arrange the necessary licenses-this is not something candidates need to have before applying.\n#LI-MK1\nThe 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.\nBase Salary Range\n$171,000—$202,500 USD\n\nGlobal Perks\nName Your Satellite Program (NYSP)\nLaunch Attendance\nGenerous Time Off Policy\nEducation Assistance Program\nEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)\nEmployee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)\nFamily Leave\nFitness Reimbursement\nEmployee Referral Program\nHealthy snacks & beverages in every office\nAbout Spire\nWe improve life on Earth with data from space.\nSpire 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.\n\nSpire 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.\nTo help maintaina safe and secure workplace for Spire employees, all candidates who receive a conditional offer will be requiredto complete a background check. This may include criminal history and employment verification.\nPlease take a moment to review Spire's Global Data Privacy Notice for Employees, Contractors, Candidates and Visitors, as well as Spire's Privacy Policy.\n\nKindly be advised that communication regarding your application may come from @spire.com, @recruiting.spire.com, or from Candidate.fyi (our scheduling tool).","description_format":"text","description_chars":6671,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Education assistance","Equity","Hybrid work","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Geospatial Analytics","Earth Observation","Space Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-07T12:58:45Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":24,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.527,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":54,"expected_fill_days":29,"reasons":["conf:0","stale_co","urgency","velocity","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":202500,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/spire-director-of-software-engineering-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/spire-director-of-software-engineering-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T08:36:53Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4879,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3047},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3047"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fspire-director-of-software-engineering-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fspire-director-of-software-engineering-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fspire-director-of-software-engineering-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/spire-director-of-software-engineering-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fspire-director-of-software-engineering-2"}]}