Title: Senior Software Engineer (Developer Enablement)

Location: Espoo, Finland

Department: Platform & Release Engineering

Reports to: Team Lead Developer Enablement

Employment type: Permanent

Workplace model: Hybrid

Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO)

Why this role matters

As a Software Engineer (Developer Enablement), you’ll remove friction between developers and delivery by building the platforms, tooling, and workflows that enable fast, reliable deployment of ICEYE’s mission-critical systems.

Who We Are

ICEYE delivers space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to governments and allied nations. This includes sovereign and turnkey ISR missions leveraging ICEYE’s world-leading synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite technology, as well as access to data from the world’s largest SAR satellite constellation. These capabilities enable partners to detect and respond to critical changes anywhere on Earth with unprecedented speed and accuracy, day or night and in any weather, supported by ultra high-resolution imagery and high-frequency revisits.

As a trusted partner for defense, intelligence, security, and maritime domain awareness, ICEYE’s near real-time data creates a tactical advantage for mission-critical operations. Designed for dual use, the platform also serves civil protection and commercial users for natural-catastrophe intelligence, insurance, maritime monitoring including oil-spill detection, and finance, contributing to global security and community resilience.

ICEYE is headquartered in Finland and operates globally across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We have more than 900 employees, united by a shared vision: improving life on Earth by becoming the global source of truth in Earth Observation.

Your day-to-day responsibilities

Build, maintain, and improve developer tooling, environments, and workflows to enable efficient software delivery

Automate service-level deployments using GitOps principles and CI/CD pipelines

Design, implement, and maintain on-premise software products and supporting infrastructure

Support and manage production incidents, ensuring reliability and fast resolution

Collaborate with software, platform, and product teams to provide scalable infrastructure abstractions

Work with customer delivery teams to ensure systems are delivered, deployed, and maintainable in production environments

Partner directly with developers to adopt new tooling and ways of working

Identify high-impact areas in developer experience and drive improvements end-to-end

What we’re looking for

Must haves

Strong experience operating and maintaining production-grade Kubernetes clusters

Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices, including automated deployments

Proficiency in Python, Go, or similar languages, with ability to debug and troubleshoot

Solid Linux system administration experience in production environments

Experience with infrastructure as code and automation tooling

Understanding of microservices architectures and distributed systems

Experience with monitoring and logging solutions in production systems

Ability to collaborate effectively and communicate clearly in English

Nice to haves

Kubernetes certifications or equivalent practical expertise

Familiarity with tools such as Terraform, Packer, or Ansible

Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio

Experience with LGTM monitoring stack or similar observability tooling

Understanding of software development best practices such as the Twelve-Factor App

Background in earth observation, satellite systems, or ground segment software

Application Process

Recruiter screening

Hiring manager interview

Technical task

Technical panel interview

Final interview

Working at ICEYE

At ICEYE, you’ll join a diverse and highly engaged team united by the ambition to make the impossible possible. As a global scale-up, we combine speed and ambition with the opportunity to take real ownership from day one. Your growth, wellbeing, and success are a priority, with continuous professional development, training opportunities, and a culture where collaboration is how we win.