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ICEYE is building its satellite radar pipeline into a sovereign, end-to-end operations layer that runs both in its own cloud and on on-premises clusters at customer sites, with security screening required, signaling a shift toward delivering intelligence infrastructure to government customers rather than just selling imagery.
Software Engineer - SAR Processing Platform
Role highlights:
Job title: Software Engineer
Location: Espoo, Finland
Department: SAR Processing Platform
Reports to: Team Lead SAR Processing Platform
Employment type: Permanent
Workplace model: Hybrid - 3 days in the office
Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)
Why this role matters:
As a Software Engineer, you’ll help build and run the platform that every ICEYE image passes through before a customer sees it. The SAR Processing Platform validates raw radar data, decides when and where to process it, runs the processing workflows, catalogs the products and gates their delivery. You’ll join a small team that owns this orchestration layer end to end, covering how incoming data is validated, scheduled and processed, how products are cataloged and delivered, and the tools operators use to run it. The platform runs in the cloud and on on-premises clusters at customer sites, and you’ll work daily with SAR processing engineers, other engineering teams across the platform, DevOps, product and delivery.
Who We Are
ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth.
ICEYE owns the world’s largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system.
ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future.
Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
Your day-to-day responsibilities
Build and maintain the backend services that schedule, process and catalog satellite data
Write and tune the processing workflows: resource sizing, reliability and integration of new processor versions
Keep production healthy: debug failed or stuck jobs from logs, metrics and the database, and turn recurring incidents into fixes or tooling
Ship through automated, version-controlled deployments to test, staging, production and on-prem environments, and roll out new processor versions and products with the SAR processing engineers using gradual rollouts and quality gates
Write tests, documentation and runbooks, and review teammates’ code
What we’re looking for
Must haves:
2 to 5 years of backend software engineering experience, with solid Go and working Python, and willingness to read and occasionally change Rust
Hands-on Kubernetes and Docker as a developer: you have deployed, debugged and sized workloads yourself, not only used a cluster someone else ran
PostgreSQL (schema design, migrations, query debugging) and AWS fundamentals (S3, IAM, EKS or equivalent)
Experience running software in production, including incident debugging and postmortems
Pragmatic use of AI/LLM tools in daily development, fluent English, and comfort asking and answering questions in a distributed team
Nice to haves:
Argo Workflows, Airflow or similar; NATS or Kafka; any Rust experience
Geospatial or remote-sensing data (GeoTIFF, COG, STAC, GDAL), or any large-file scientific data pipeline
Helm, Flux, Terraform; Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry
Application Process
Recruiter Interview (30 mins online)
Hiring Manager Interview (60 mins online)
Technical Interview/ Task ( 60- 90 mins)
Onsite/ Final Interview (60 mins)
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.
How We Work (Our Values)
Make the impossible possible: We set ambitious goals and stay calm under pressure. We bring grit, optimism, and ownership when things get hard, and we keep moving until we find a way.
Be curious: Go deep, ask questions, listen carefully, and think critically. Understand the “why” behind decisions.
See the big picture: Stay close to what’s happening across the company so you can make better decisions. Consider how your work affects others.
Drive effective teamwork: Create psychological safety, invite different perspectives, and build inclusive teams. There are no bad questions.
Act as one team: We win together. We match tasks to the right owner and stay agile as priorities shift.
Have fun: What we do matters, and it should be enjoyable. Celebrate progress, take pride in results, and share the wins.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to support your health and wellbeing, at work and beyond. We keep improving them based on employee feedback, and offerings vary by location. Talent Acquisition will confirm what applies for this role and location during the process.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We want ICEYE to be a place where people can be themselves and do great work. Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger, which is why we work to create an environment where people feel included, respected, and able to speak up. Whatever your background, we want you to bring your authentic self to the table.
We’re committed to fair, inclusive hiring and equal opportunity. Everyone is welcome to apply. If you need any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, tell us, and we’ll do our best to help.
Apply now to start your ICEYE journey, and help us continue to make the impossible possible together. Read more about ICEYE and working with us at iceye.com.
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