Advanced Software Engineer, Strategic Funding & Collaboration, Søborg

Terma A/S; Søborg; On-site; DKK 750,000 - 950,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International Environment

Flexible Working Hours

Work from home up to 2 days/week

10% Pension

Healthcare & Insurance

Job summary

Terma A/S is seeking an Advanced Software Engineer in Søborg, Denmark, to design and implement scalable, secure software across distributed environments. You will work on a federated digital platform, APIs, and data flows, ensuring interoperability and strong security.

You will apply software engineering principles, cloud-native infrastructure, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities, collaborating with internal teams and external partners in a research-driven setting.

Qualifications

• PhD or Postdoctoral in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Distributed Systems, AI/ML, Cybersecurity or related field.
• Strong foundation in software engineering principles, system design, and abstraction.
• Ability to reason about complex systems and technical trade-offs.
• Experience working in collaborative, multidisciplinary environments.
• Strong communication and technical documentation skills.
• Proficient in Python, Java, or C++ with knowledge of cloud-native ecosystems, containers, and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement components of a federated platform with scalability and resilience requirements.
• Develop services, APIs and data flows across heterogeneous systems.
• Contribute to secure system design including access control and secure data exchange.
• Build and maintain infrastructure, pipelines, and tooling for deployment and lifecycle management.
• Support development of AI-driven content generation and dialogue systems.

Skills

Python

Java

C++

Kubernetes

Cloud-native

Education

PhD or Postdoctoral in Computer Science or related field

Tools

APIs

Distributed systems tooling

Job description

Requisition ID 1166 - Posted - Soeborg - Denmark - Full Time - Entry level

Would you like to design and develop secure, scalable software for complex distributed systems? In this role, you will help build a federated digital platform that connects systems across technical and organizational boundaries. Come and join us!

We are facing an exciting future with considerable growth and demanding changes, as we deliver advanced technologies and mission critical solutions for the defense and aerospace industry. Our systems provide security for people on land, at sea and in the air. Therefore, we are looking for an Advanced Software Engineer to become part of this journey and contribute to our overall purpose – securing people through advanced technology.

Your role in our team

As our new Advanced Software Engineer, you will contribute to the development of a secure, federated digital backbone across distributed environments. In this role, you will design and implement scalable software components, develop APIs and data flows, and help ensure interoperability between complex systems.

You will apply strong software engineering principles, security thinking, and analytical reasoning to support robust system design, cloud-native infrastructure, automation, and AI-enabled features. You will collaborate closely with internal teams and external partners in a dynamic, research-driven environment.

You will become part of a small but growing team focused on innovation-oriented and technically challenging projects. The team works in a dynamic, collaborative environment across multiple domains, departments, and organizational boundaries. You will join a culture that values curiosity, learning, adaptability, and knowledge sharing, with a strong focus on collaboration and exposure to diverse technical challenges.

How you will make a meaningful contribution

Your key responsibilities include:

• Distributed Systems & Architecture: Design and implement components of a federated platform with strong requirements for scalability, resilience, and maintainability.
• Integration & Interoperability: Develop services, APIs, and data flows connecting heterogeneous systems across organizational and technical boundaries.
• Security Engineering: Contribute to secure system design, including multi-level security considerations, access control, and secure data exchange.
• Automation & Platform Engineering: Build and maintain infrastructure, pipelines, and tooling to support deployment, orchestration, and lifecycle management.
• AI & Intelligent Interfaces: Support development of AI-driven content generation and dialogue systems, enabling intuitive interaction with complex system capabilities.
• Collaboration & Technical Contribution: Participate in design discussions, architecture reviews, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with internal teams and external partners.

Bring your world class expertise into play

You are fluent in English both in writing and verbal at a professional level. Danish is an advantage but not a requirement. Moreover, we are also looking for a new colleague with the following qualifications:

• You have PhD or Postdoctoral experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Distributed Systems, AI/ML, Cybersecurity or a related field.
• Strong foundation in software engineering principles, system design, and abstraction
• Demonstrated ability to reason about complex systems and technical trade-offs
• Experience working in collaborative, multidisciplinary environments
• Strong communication and technical documentation skills
• You have strong programming skills, for example Python, Java, or C++, and familiarity with cloud-native ecosystems, containers, and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes is considered an advantage.

As a person, you are highly analytical and driven by complex problem-solving, curiosity, and first-principles reasoning. You bring a research-oriented mindset, potentially shaped by experience in academic or research environments, and are motivated by exploring challenging technical domains in depth. You have a system-oriented mindset and are able to understand, design, and work with complex architectures in a structured and thoughtful way

We arean international company representing world-class expertise, delivering complex and high-tech products. We value our colleagues and our meaningful contributions to securing people through advanced technology. You will also experience that we have a strong focus on your development, teaching you useful new competences and further strengthening current ones, both professionally and personally. Our company culture is autonomous and engaging, and we acknowledge the importance of flexibility in a great working environment.

When joining Terma, we promise that you will experience: Great people, challenging tasks, world-class expertise, and meaningful contribution in your daily work.

Benefits at Terma

At Terma, we prioritize the well-being of our employees, ensuring they are well taken care of. Joining our team comes with a multitude of perks designed to enhance your social life, cultural experiences, and health.

International Environment: Explore great teamwork and professional sparring with colleagues around the world.

Flexible Working Hours: Enjoy the opportunity to work flexibly and the option to work from home up to two days per week. Internet connection at home is paid for by Terma.

Comprehensive Benefits Package: Receive a 10% paid pension along with a beneficial health care and insurance package. Enjoy discounts from various business partners.

Well-being Perks: Opportunity to enroll in our on-site massage-offer at our locations in Denmark.

Social and Professional Events: We have an active staff association that arranges a variety of social activities and events to bring all of our colleagues together.

Competence networking across professional experts in Terma: Professional presentations and knowledge sharing across the organization.

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. Our commitment to DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) means we actively value and celebrate unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We strive to create an environment where all employees have equal opportunities to succeed, feel respected and valued, and experience a true sense of belonging.

To support an unbiased evaluation process, we kindly encourage applicants to omit personal details such as photos and age from their applications.

Do you have any questions regarding the position?

Feel free to contact Hiring Manager on e-mail: [e-mail]

Bear in mind, that we need you to confirm that you can obtain a security clearance by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service, and that all adults in your household are not posing any risk to the related risk‑evaluation. This entails among other issues:

• That you have as a minimum stayed within NATO/EU/MISWG countries for the last 7 years only interrupted by short stays abroad, and
• That you have not committed serious criminal offences

Terma group has headquarters in Denmark and is a high‑tech company developing products and systems for defense and non‑defense security applications, including command and control systems, radar systems, self‑protection systems for aircraft, space technology, and aerostructures for the aircraft industry. TERMA | Allies in innovation