Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer / Architect | Space & Earth Observation | Cloud Native |

Technology used: Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, TypeScript, Python, React, FastAPI, PostgreSQL

Company profile:

A well-established provider of space and ground software systems is expanding its Ground Software Systems group and is looking for a Senior Software Engineer / Architect to take a lead role on a major UK Government environmental data services platform.

This is a genuinely meaningful piece of work. The platform turns satellite and Earth observation data into services that support real-world environmental monitoring, management and planning, so you will be building software that helps decision-makers understand and protect the environment, with national reach and real impact.

The role:

Working in a senior capacity across both development and architecture, you will build new web based applications from the ground up while maintaining and extending existing apps built on a wide variety of technologies. You will own cloud infrastructure, shape architecture decisions, and provide technical leadership within Agile teams. Expect variety, autonomy, and the chance to pick up unfamiliar technologies quickly and run with them.

What you will be doing:

• Managing Kubernetes clusters and other resources in Azure, and creating new deployments using Terraform Infrastructure as Code
• Designing the architecture of new apps and features
• Developing new applications and maintaining existing ones across a varied tech stack
• Improving the security, performance and efficiency of cloud services
• Working with geospatial datasets, including ETL pipelines, Geoserver and OGC APIs
• Optimising components for maximum performance
• Deploying changes using ArgoCD, Buildkite, Azure DevOps and Github Actions
• Producing clear technical documentation and authoring technical proposals
• Providing technical leadership and management within the team

Skills and experience:

• Strong cloud experience with Azure, including cloud security and managing infrastructure resources
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• CI/CD pipelines
• Linux
• Full stack web development, ideally TypeScript, Python, React, FastAPI and PostgreSQL
• A solid understanding of both spatial and non-spatial data, and ETL pipelines
• Technical understanding of spatial data, Earth Observation and environmental data handling, GIS, and how these apply to real-world environmental monitoring and planning
• Agile methodologies
• Good investigation skills and the ability to learn and work with unfamiliar technologies quickly
• Strong organisational, time management and stakeholder skills, with a good level of English

What they are looking for in you:

• A genuine team player who can work confidently with staff at all levels, and just as happily on your own
• Someone who can prioritise their own workload, hit tight deadlines, and manage others along the way
• A self-starter who is flexible and happy to turn their hand to a range of activities as the business evolves