Senior Software Engineer - Remote - Geospatial

Peaple Talent Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Peaple Talent Ltd and a European leader in space systems and earth observation technologies seek a Senior Software Engineer/Architect for the Ground Software Systems division. The role offers remote flexibility from anywhere in the UK with monthly visits to the office in Luton, and focuses on modernising the UK Government’s environmental Data Services Platform.

You will balance hands-on development with high-level cloud architecture, building new web applications and overseeing cloud

Qualifications

• 6 years' experience in cloud-native software engineering and architecture.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and established CI/CD automation pipelines.
• Technical familiarity with spatial data, Earth Observation, environmental monitoring, GIS, or location-based data services.

Responsibilities

• Architecting, developing, and maintaining high-performance web applications using modern tech stacks.
• Managing Azure cloud services, infrastructure resources, and Kubernetes clusters using Terraform (IaC).
• Enhancing system security, performance, and operational efficiency across multi-cloud environments.
• Designing and optimizing spatial data workflows, incorporating GeoServer, OGC APIs, and spatial/non-spatial ETL pipelines.
• Driving CI/CD deployment workflows using tools such as ArgoCD, Buildkite, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions.
• Providing technical leadership within Agile teams, authoring technical proposals, and producing clear architectural documentation.

Tools

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

Location: Remote (from UK) with monthly visit onsite in Luton

Peaple Talent has partnered with a prominent European leader in space systems, satellite operations, and earth observation technologies who are seeking a Senior Software Engineer / Architect to join their Ground Software Systems division. This role offers remote flexibility from anywhere in the UK with monthly visits to the office and involves playing a senior, influential role in developing and modernising the UK Government’s environmental Data Services Platform.

Working across both hands-on software development and high-level cloud architecture, you will build brand-new web applications, enhance existing features, and oversee cloud infrastructure. You will work closely with geospatial and spatial/non-spatial datasets, managing complex Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) pipelines and orchestrating modern cloud-native environments.

What We Are Looking For

• 6 years' experience in cloud-native software engineering and architecture within Azure, Docker, and Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and established CI/CD automation pipelines.
• Technical familiarity with spatial data, Earth Observation, environmental monitoring, GIS, or location-based data services.
• Exposure to modern full-stack web technologies (preferably TypeScript, Python, React, FastAPI, or PostgreSQL).

Key Responsibilities

• Architecting, developing, and maintaining high-performance web applications using a variety of modern tech stacks.
• Managing Azure cloud services, infrastructure resources, and Kubernetes clusters using Terraform (IaC).
• Enhancing system security, performance, and operational efficiency across multi-cloud environments.
• Designing and optimizing spatial data workflows, incorporating GeoServer, OGC APIs, and spatial/non-spatial ETL pipelines.
• Driving CI/CD deployment workflows using tools such as ArgoCD, Buildkite, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions.
• Providing technical leadership within Agile teams, authoring technical proposals, and producing clear architectural documentation.