Senior Software Engineering Manager

Spire Global, Inc; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A satellite data analytics company in Glasgow is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead the Scheduling Team. You will drive the technical vision and ensure operational excellence while developing team members' skills. This role offers a hybrid work model and focuses on innovative space data solutions. Ideal candidates have a strong educational background in Computer Science or Mathematics and leadership experience in software teams.

Qualifications

• Experience leading one or multiple software teams.
• Ability to analyse data by yourself using multiple programming languages.
• Demonstrated expertise in driving end-to-end technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development and execution of the roadmap across application development.
• Ensure the technical vision is aligned with business priorities.
• Make sure the people on your team experience personal growth.

Skills

Data analysis using Python

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Agile principles experience

Education

Computer science or Mathematics degree

Tools

SQL

Job description

As a Senior Software Engineering Manager within the Constellation Operations group in Spire, you will be responsible for working with other leaders in the organization to establish the long‑term vision and planning for software projects with time horizons of a year or more. You will be the Team Lead of our Scheduling Team, working closely with your Tech Lead to ensure overall delivery and operational excellence of the products your team owns. You will be the voice of your products, engaging in frequent stakeholder meetings. In addition, you have personnel responsibilities for career development and growth for your team, mentoring junior engineers and working with senior engineers to develop their skills and career progression. You are also willing to step in as an IC when needed and take ownership in driving operational excellence forwards. Your team manages some of Spire’s most critical ground stack software, responsible for scheduling of contacts, payloads and manoeuvres in our constellation, therefore a strong technical and mathematical background is essential to lead your team.

What You’ll Do

• You will be involved in roadmap planning and prioritization and responsible for its delivery.
• You are going to find a good balance between mission delivery commitments, product and tech improvements in the work that your team does.
• You will drive the development and execution of the roadmap across application development, testing, deployment, and operations.
• You will interface with other ICs, engineering managers, technical program managers, system engineers and others.
• You’ll work alongside your team and tech lead to develop elegant technical solutions to customer needs.
• You will make sure the technical vision of the team is aligned with business priorities and implemented on time and to a high standard. This includes supporting the bottom‑up ideation, creation, and curation of technical proposals that is core to Spire’s culture.
• You will interface with the satellite operations, ground stations, communications, and satellite design teams to translate user needs into system requirements and have the experience to run the resultant projects independently.
• You’ll be responsible for making sure that the people on your team experience personal growth and amazing achievements.

Key Skills

• Computer science or Mathematics degree or equivalent work experience, and experience working as a software engineer.
• Intrinsic interest in developing people and helping them deliver at their full potential.
• Ability to analyse data by yourself, using Python, SQL and other languages in order to measure the progress and success of the work your team delivers.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and driving end‑to‑end technical solutions spanning new product development and legacy modernization.
• Experience leading one or multiple software teams.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Alignment with our core values: global, reliable, unbounded, faster, relentless, collaborative.
• Desire to operate autonomously.
• Desire to achieve mastery in your domain.
• Comfortable with iterating and re‑evaluating projects and plans as needs evolve.
• Experience delivering projects on time and of quality, using agile principles.

Spire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three business days per week in the office.

Access to U.S. 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.

About Spire

We improve life on Earth with data from space. 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.

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.