SkyWatch is at the forefront of revolutionizing how earth observation data is accessed and utilized globally. Our innovative platform empowers businesses, researchers, and governments to easily integrate satellite data into their operations, driving informed decision-making and unlocking new opportunities for growth and efficiency. Founded on the principle of democratizing access to space-based technology, SkyWatch provides a seamless interface that aggregates data from numerous satellite sources, offering unparalleled access and insights.

Whether monitoring agriculture, managing infrastructure, or advancing scientific research, our scalable solutions cater to diverse industries with a commitment to reliability, security, and sustainability. Whether you are an individual purchasing data for a project, a business seeking to store and share geospatial data, a GIS specialist in need of imagery for maps or workflows, a developer looking to build innovative solutions with our API, or a data provider seeking to sell to our user network, you can do it with SkyWatch. It is our company's shared beliefs, values, and practices.

Head of Engineering to lead our engineering team through a period of meaningful evolution in how we build software. You are a technical leader first — someone who earns credibility by building, not just directing. You will own engineering operations, delivery, people leadership, and the developer experience.

You will work closely with the CTO, who focuses on technology strategy and customer-facing work, and the CPO, who owns the product roadmap. Your job is to make the team excellent at turning product intent into production software, quickly and reliably.



The right person for this role has robust opinions about modern engineering practices, is already using AI-assisted development tools productively, and is excited about building the systems and culture that let a small team punch well above its weight.

Own people leadership for the full engineering team: 1:1s, career development, performance management, hiring, and team health. Build a culture of ownership, customer empathy, and technical craftsmanship. Manage a team that includes experienced senior engineers with strong technical opinions.

Design and evolve our engineering processes, tooling, and quality standards. Build internal scaffolding, templates, and guardrails that make it easy to do the right thing and hard to do the wrong thing. Invest in automated quality controls that catch problems before they reach anyone downstream.

You should already be using these tools effectively and have a point of view on how to integrate them into real engineering workflows. You will lead by example and help the team adopt new practices at a pace that builds confidence rather than resistance. Work with product leadership to ensure decision gates keep work aligned with customer needs without becoming bottlenecks.

Build engineering infrastructure

CI/CD pipelines, testing infrastructure, service documentation,



onboarding tooling, and security scanning. The CTO owns technology strategy, key partnerships, and customer-facing technical work. You collaborate closely with both, but you are the authority on engineering operations, process, and team leadership. Hands-on technical depth.

Experience leading engineering teams through meaningful process or tooling changes — not just maintaining the status quo. You are already using these tools productively, not just evaluating them. A bias toward building internal tooling and developer experience as a force multiplier for the team. Bonus points Experience in geospatial, Earth observation, or data platform domains.

Experience transitioning engineering work from external vendors to in-house teams.

Background building internal platforms, developer tooling, or engineering enablement Systems. This is a building role, not a caretaking role. You are joining at a moment where the engineering organization is being deliberately reshaped, and you will have real authority to define how it works.

The team is small enough that your decisions have immediate, visible impact, and the domain is genuinely interesting — satellite imagery touches problems from climate monitoring to food security to national defense. You will work alongside a CTO who is stepping back from day-to-day engineering leadership to focus on strategy and customers, giving you real ownership rather than a shared steering wheel. If you require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know — we're happy to work with you to ensure your needs are met.

📌 Engineering (Waterloo)
🏢 SkyWatch
📍 Waterloo