Hybrid Senior Software Engineer – Backend

at ICEYE

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer – Backend
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Docker, Grafana, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Terraform, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Helsinki, Finland

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer developing backend capabilities and APIs for ICEYE's Earth Observation platform. Collaborating with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, development, and support of backend capabilities and APIs, following best industry practices.
• Participate in planning, estimation, and delivery within an agile team environment.
• Collaborate with product managers, customers, and other engineering teams to understand business needs and turn the insights into valuable solutions.
• Participate in maintaining our services in production, ensuring reliability, observability and performance.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, and actively take part in code reviews and continuous improvement of our architecture and ways of working.
• Follow and apply security and quality best practices.

Requirements

• Solid experience in backend software development, preferably in Go or a similar language and operating APIs and backend systems in production.
• Eagerness to understand business and customer problems and collaborate with stakeholders to make the right tradeoffs to build things that truly matter.
• Team work mindset, you take ownership of your work while keeping the team’s goals front and center. You actively contribute to team discussions and help drive technical decisions.
• Understanding of cloud environments (e.g., AWS), infrastructure-as-code principles (e.g., Terraform) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Some experience or interest in monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• You believe testing, documentation, and code reviews are essential parts of engineering—not chores

Benefits

• **What We Offer:**
• **A mission that matters: **Contribute to a dynamic Earth Observation company making a real difference in the world.
• **Supportive environment:** Work in a diverse and collaborative team with a strong focus on individual growth and development.
• **Competitive compensation:** Base salary range for this position is contingent on your experience level, and will be negotiated individually.
• **Comprehensive benefits:**
• Occupational healthcare, occupational and private insurance.
• Yearly benefit budget to spend on sport, transport, wellness, lunch, etc.
• Phone subscription with iPhone of choice.
• Relocation support (flight tickets, accommodation, relocation agency support).
• Time and resources for self-development, research, training, conferences, and certification schemes.
• Inspiring office environment with collaborative spaces and silent workspaces.
• Access to state-of-the-art labs and testing facilities.
• Opportunities to attend international space conferences.
• **Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:**
• At ICEYE, we believe that diversity isn't just a buzzword – it's our greatest asset.We're committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every voice is not only heard but celebrated. We know that diverse perspectives breed innovation and creativity, which is why we actively seek out individuals from all walks of life, backgrounds, and experiences. Whatever your background, we want you to bring your authentic self to the table. Join us and be part of a team where differences are not only embraced but cherished, because together, we're stronger.