Senior Software Engineer

Neuraspace; Coimbra; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Neuraspace in Coimbra, Portugal, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design and build mission-critical software for autonomous space operations. You will craft REST APIs and backend services in C#, contribute to software architecture, and deploy on AWS.

Mentoring of junior engineers and collaboration with a small expert team are expected. The role emphasizes cloud-native design, relational databases like PostgreSQL, and familiarity with Terraform, Kubernetes, and related technologies.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of professional C# experience.
• REST API design experience.
• Strong software design and architecture contributions.
• Cloud deployment experience, ideally AWS.
• Relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

• Design and build mission-critical software for safer, more autonomous space operations.
• Develop REST APIs and backend services in C#.
• Contribute to software architecture and system design decisions.
• Mentor less experienced engineers and support cloud deployment on AWS.

Skills

C# proficiency

REST API design

Software architecture

Cloud deployment (AWS)

Relational databases

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Kafka

React

Python

PostgreSQL

Job description

Neuraspace is recruiting a Senior Software Engineer in Coimbra, Portugal. Contract: full time. Degree level: unknown. Language: English. Work experience: 5+ years C#. The role covers design and build mission-critical software for safer, more autonomous space operations: REST APIs and backend services in C#, contributions to software architecture, cloud deployment on AWS, and mentoring of less experienced engineers.

Requirements

• Five or more years of professional C#;
• REST API design;
• strong software design and architecture contribution;
• cloud (ideally AWS);
• relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL.

Space-industry, Terraform, Kubernetes/Kafka, Python/React and defence-project experience are advantages.

Offer: Senior engineering role in a European space company. Offered in Munich (DE), Coimbra (PT) or Wasserbillig (LU). No application deadline is stated.