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Senior Director

Software Engineering

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Capella Space

Capella Space

201-500 employees

Provides high-quality SAR imagery products

Data & Analytics
Aerospace

Compensation Overview

$220k - $258.3kAnnually

Senior, Expert

Remote in USA

US Citizenship Required

Category
Backend Engineering
Full-Stack Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Python
AWS
Development Operations (DevOps)
Requirements
  • Past leadership experience mentoring and growing software engineering teams.
  • Past experience working on a system with a global 24/7/365 operational requirements.
  • Ability to lead a geographically distributed & diverse team.
  • Experience maintaining an engineering roadmap and leading prioritization of efforts across multiple projects.
  • Excellent communications skills, ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, and enjoyment of learning from and teaching other teams new skills.
  • Excellent foundations of software architecture, interface design, distributed systems, and testing patterns.
  • Experience building and maintaining highly reliable software systems employing best practices in logging, monitoring, alerting, and reporting.
  • Experience with modern Python & AWS best practices (all our components are Python in AWS).
  • Experience with (having rolled up your sleeves or having worked alongside) DevOps, distributed system testing, CI/CD systems, release management, and site reliability engineering.
  • To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Capella Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable.
Responsibilities
  • working with internal and external stakeholders to define roadmap and set prioritization for tasks
  • planning team growth and help with recruiting
  • providing key technical vision and expertise in the areas of software architecture and engineering
  • help set broad direction and strategy
  • bring in your experience to enhance & innovate
  • establish best practices to ensure the quality and performance of the system is maintained and customer needs are met.

Capella Space offers high-quality Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery for earth observation, allowing clients to track small-scale movements on the Earth's surface. Their technology creates detailed images of landscapes and objects, which are delivered in a user-friendly format for easy integration into various industries, including agriculture, shipping, and government. Capella differentiates itself by providing data more frequently and rapidly than competitors, utilizing a scalable satellite constellation. The company's goal is to help clients manage risk and make informed decisions through timely and accurate data.

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$258.5M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2016

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

6%

1 year growth

6%

2 year growth

16%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Capella's partnerships with industry leaders like SpaceX and TCarta enhance its technological capabilities and market reach.
  • The introduction of automated, AI-powered vessel classification and detection services showcases Capella's commitment to innovation and expanding its service offerings.
  • Joining Space ISAC and co-chairing the LEO Owner Operators Affinity Group positions Capella as a leader in space security and collaborative threat intelligence.

What critics are saying

  • The competitive landscape in earth observation and satellite data services is intense, with major players like Maxar and Planet Labs posing significant competition.
  • Rapid scaling of satellite constellations and technological advancements require substantial capital investment, which could strain financial resources.

What makes Capella Space unique

  • Capella Space's use of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology allows for high-resolution, all-weather, day-and-night earth observation, setting it apart from optical satellite imagery providers.
  • Their rapidly scalable satellite constellation and fully-automated ordering and delivery platform enable more frequent and timely data delivery than traditional earth observation companies.
  • Capella's focus on customer experience and adaptability to client needs ensures high-quality, easily integrated data products, which is a significant competitive advantage.