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Product Insights, Software Engineering Manager

BlackSky · Seattle, WA; Herndon, VA; Remote

Posted 29 days ago · $165,000-205,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
29 days
BlackSky's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
84% of BlackSky's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at BlackSky
high
15 stale, 0 reposted of 25 open
Hiring momentum
43 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from BlackSky's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for BlackSky.

About this role

As the Engineering Manager for the Product Insights team at BlackSky, you will lead efforts to integrate and operate analytic products, ensuring high-quality delivery through the BlackSky platform. Your role involves building a high-performing engineering team, setting technical strategies, and collaborating across various teams to enhance product readiness and reliability. You will also maintain technical involvement through code reviews and architectural decisions while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Our read on this posting4.6out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of BlackSky as an employer.

What you need

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • A minimum of eight (8) years of professional experience in software engineering, including experience building or operating complex distributed, autonomous, or mission‑critical systems
  • At least two (2) years of experience leading engineering teams as a people manager or technical lead with formal leadership responsibilities
  • Minimum of two years of experience managing or leading high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, capacity planning, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration
  • Demonstrated experience designing and building scalable production software solutions and architectures
  • Hands on experience with cloud services such as AWS EKS, S3, EC2, Aurora / RDS, SQS, SNS, Batch, etc.

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree (or higher) in a relevant technical field
  • Ten or more years of professional engineering experience, including leadership of teams responsible for high-availability or mission-critical software
  • Two or more years of experience in the geospatial industry
  • Knowledge and experience with MLOps and DataOps as a practice
  • Experience with distributed compute environments such as Kubernetes and Dask

What you get

  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
  • BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
  • 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
  • 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed for locations outside Seattle, WA
  • Some programs may require U.S. citizenship due to government regulations

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Listed by BlackSky on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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