Full-Time

Senior Director

Software Engineering

Posted on 8/6/2024

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, enabling the capture of detailed images of landscapes and small-scale movements on the Earth's surface. The company serves various sectors, including agriculture, shipping, and government, by providing timely and accurate data that can be easily integrated into their operations. Capella differentiates itself by delivering data more frequently and rapidly through a scalable satellite constellation. The goal is to help clients manage risk and make informed decisions using high-quality data.

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$227.6M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2016

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Growing demand for SAR imagery in disaster management boosts Capella's market potential.
  • Partnerships with AI companies enhance Capella's data analytics capabilities.
  • Increased investment in space technology supports Capella's financial growth.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition in the SAR market may erode Capella's market share.
  • Potential regulatory changes could impact Capella's global data sharing capabilities.
  • Reliance on government contracts exposes Capella to budgetary and policy shifts.

What makes Capella Space unique

  • Capella Space offers 50cm high-resolution SAR imagery, unmatched in the industry.
  • Their scalable satellite constellation provides frequent and timely Earth observation data.
  • Capella's automated platform simplifies access to SAR data for diverse industries.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Stock Options

Parental Leave

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Mental Health Support

Phone/Internet Stipend

Commuter Benefits

Pet Insurance

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