Stoke

Software Development Manager (SDM)

Kent, Washington, United States

$184-331k

Full Time

an hour ago

Back to jobs

Job description

A thriving economy in space is needed to make life on Earth more vibrant, sustainable, and equitable. Space technology will enable global access to information, solutions to climate change, answers to global food security, products that transform healthcare, clean energy production, and more. Today, rocket launch options are slow, expensive, and unreliable. Stoke is building the world’s most efficient fully and rapidly reusable rocket designed to fly daily that will radically increase access to space and open up the space economy to safeguard our precious home, Earth.

Description

Reusable launch systems are the key to seamlessly connecting Earth and space. An instrumental ingredient to making reusable launch vehicles is the ability to move fast. That is our goal for Fusion by Stoke Space, our commercial software platform that helps advanced hardware manufacturing teams integrate, track, iterate, build, and test efficiently.

As a Software Development Manager on the Fusion by Stoke Space Team, you will lead a team of 6-8 software engineers responsible for a vertical slice of the product. You and your team will accelerate the development of Stoke’s reusable rockets. Your responsibilities and activities will cross three boundaries: (1) Product Ownership and Management, (2) People Management and (3) Individual Contributor. You will be the spokesperson for the team, working closely with external stakeholders and technical leaders on the team.

The ideal candidate cares deeply about their team and leads from a place of servitude while driving the team to deliver with quality through repeatable and measurable engineering practices. They embody extreme ownership and have a high degree of autonomy while communicating in a crisp and clear manner.

As a product owner you will be responsible for the backlog and active projects on your team. As a People Manager you will be responsible for the career growth, hiring and firing for your team. As an individual contributor you will be expected to contribute to the code base, fixing bugs, implementing features and performing code reviews.

This is a Hybrid role, requiring at least 3-days a week on-site at Stoke’s Kent Headquarters.

Responsibilities

Manage the backlog and active projects for the team
Create detailed product requirements and make priority decisions in concert with the strategy of the product team
Manage your team’s software development lifecycle
Manage individual team members’ career growth and development
Manage headcount, interviewing and hiring for the team
Contribute production code to the code base, fixing bugs, implementing features and performing code reviews
Collaborate with Product and Design to understand priority, focus and scope
Collaborate with Team Technical Leaders to improve the technical architecture, improve quality and reduce technical debt
Collaborate and contribute to Technical and Operational excellence across all Fusion Engineering teams

Qualifications

8+ years professional software development
Strong IC experience in delivering quality SaaS systems
Experience in driving product requirements and priority
Experience managing and leading strongly technical software developers
Excellent verbal/written communication
Prior on-call/incident response participation
Proven ownership of features from design through production

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with modern web development frameworks (ReactJS)
Experience with building reliable APIs
Experience with RDBMS
Familiarity with Next.js or similar meta-frameworks
DevOps basics (Docker, Kubernetes/ECS, AWS)
Experience with Apollo (Client/Server), Hasura or similar
Hands-on CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, etc.)
Interest in aerospace, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing workflows

Benefits

Equity – We know that our employees are the reason we succeed. To give everyone a stake in our future, we are pleased to offer equity in the form of stock options to all regular, full-time employees.
Comprehensive benefits program including subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
Company-paid life and disability insurance
401(k) plan with employer match
4 weeks’ Paid Time Off
Holidays – 10 days (including an end-of-year closure)
Paid Family/Parental Leave
On-site gym or monthly wellness stipend (depending on location)
Dog friendly offices!

Compensation

Target Levels:

Level 4 Range: $183,700 - $275,600
Level 5 Range: $220,500 - $330,700

Our job posts are intentionally written to attract a wide variety of experience levels, and we make decisions about the right fit on a per-candidate basis.

Your actual level and base salary will be decided based on your specific experience and skill level.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Equal Opportunity

The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including with respect to disability and veteran status. It is committed to compliance with all equal opportunity laws, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and Title VII. It does not discriminate on the basis of nationality, race, citizenship, immigration status, or any other protected class when it comes to employment practices, including hiring.

Employment at the Company is contingent upon satisfactory completion of reference and background checks, and on your ability to prove your identity and authorization to work in the U.S. for the Company. Employees must comply with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services employment verification requirements, and, therefore, they must complete an Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 at the start of employment and re-verify authorization to work periodically.

Separate from this I-9 process, this position entails access to certain technology and technical data that is restricted under U.S. export control laws and regulations. Employment or continued employment may be conditioned on your legal authorization to work with or have access to export control materials as necessary to perform your job.