Senior Software Engineer
Core
Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes-based production systems for sovereign data deployments (e.g., Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem) with strict availability, security, and data residency requirements.
Role type
Senior DevOps Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer
Builds
Automated, observable, and highly available Kubernetes-based platform services for sovereign environments
Domain
Space technology, Earth Observation data, Cloud Infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm), CI/CD (GitLab CI), Linux, Networking, Python/Go/Bash, PostgreSQL, Incident Management, On-call rotation
Preferred skills
GitOps (Argo CD, Flux), Java services (JVM tuning), Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Earth Observation standards (COGs, STAC, OGC)
Technologies
Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, GitLab CI, Prometheus, Grafana, PostgreSQL, GCP/AWS, Docker, Argo CD, Flux, OpenStack
Responsibilities
Operate and evolve Kubernetes platforms across sovereign deployments; Define IaC and GitOps workflows; Own reliability (SLIs/SLOs, alerts, dashboards, load testing); Respond to incidents and lead post-mortems; Operate stateful components (PostgreSQL, object storage); Contribute to security and compliance; Troubleshoot with customer teams; Review code and mentor teammates
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
