# Backend Software Engineer, Weather & Aviation at Spire

- Company: Spire
- What the company does: Spire Global delivers space-based intelligence for government, weather and climate, and aviation - helping organisations make faster, more confident decisions. Backed by Bessemer.
- Company website: https://www.spire.com/en
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-06
- Apply by: 2026-11-20
- Apply: https://spire.com/careers/job-openings/job/?gh_jid=8238125&gh_jid=8238125&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/spire-backend-software-engineer-weather-and-aviation/

## About the role

Spire's Weather & Aviation business delivers global weather forecasts, flight tracking, and aviation data to customers who rely on it every day to make operational decisions. As we grow, we're investing in the engineering foundations that keep our platform fast, secure, and dependable at scale. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years' experience in professional backend software development, with significant time operating and scaling production systems that customers rely on
- A track record of taking systems from "working" to "reliable": improving uptime, reducing incidents, and handling growth in data volume, traffic, or customers
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS (e.g., ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, VPC networking) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation)
- Strong knowledge of OIDC and OAuth 2.0, including identity providers (e.g., Cognito, Okta, Auth0, Keycloak), JWT handling, and secure session and token management
- Experience designing and operating both REST APIs and streaming or real-time data endpoints
- Experience working in environments governed by NIST or ISO/IEC 27001 security standards, with an understanding of how they shape engineering decisions

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/spire-backend-software-engineer-weather-and-aviation/