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These tasks include radio communication between space and ground as well as orbital maneuvers to hold positional goals, including converging on and holding multi-satellite formations. \nWe are seeking a skilled Mathematical Software Engineer to help enhance our ground-based systems responsible for that critical scheduling capability. As that engineer, you will contribute to the development of our intelligent automated systems for planning the operations over the upcoming hours and days. You will design, build and deploy new features of our scheduling systems to make them more capable and resilient. \nWhat you’ll do as a Mathematical Software Engineer: \n\nDevelop new scheduling capabilities such new types of orbital maneuver planning, or ground-system contact scheduling strategies.\nIterate on features based on stakeholder feedback and evolving requirements from the business.\nBuild and refine observability dashboards and alerts.\nSupport live operations of constellation scheduling software.\nImprove the team's development environment and processes.\nInvestigate and mitigate issues that arise in production systems.\nKey Skills:\n\nStrong mathematics or modelling systems skills\nProven ability to write robust software applications\nComfort working in a dynamic environment while delivering on evolving requirements\nSolid understanding of software practices such as version control, testing, debugging and build systems.\nBachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics or similar discipline\nPreferred Qualifications/Experience :\n\nProgramming in Rust (our primary language) or other compiled languages\nCombinatorial optimization and/or mixed integer programming\nOrbital mechanics and manoeuvre planning\nExperience in the space industry\nCloud / containerization technologies such as AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, microservices.\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. #LI-MK1\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":4037,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Education assistance","Hybrid work","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"},{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Geospatial Analytics","Earth Observation"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-14T07:10:37Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":39,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.52,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":28,"expected_fill_days":29,"reasons":["conf:0","stale_co","urgency","velocity","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/spire-mathematical-software-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/spire-mathematical-software-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-17T21:18:40Z","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":5887,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-18T00:00:00Z"}},"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-mathematical-software-engineer"},{"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-mathematical-software-engineer"},{"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-mathematical-software-engineer"},{"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-mathematical-software-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fspire-mathematical-software-engineer"}]}