Senior Software Engineer, Product Engineering

ICEYE; United States; Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

ICEYE is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in a Hybrid role based in Espoo, Finland. You will drive software development for ICEYE Flood Solutions, delivering scalable cloud-native systems that operate under challenging conditions, including limited visibility.

You will mentor teams and lead architectural choices while collaborating with Product, ML/GIS, and SAR scientists. The role emphasizes end-to-end delivery, reliability, and hands-on leadership in a global, mission-driven environment that

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience designing and delivering cloud-native production software.
• Proven incident handling and design for resilience and operability.
• Flow mindset focused on finishing and reducing context switching.
• Strong Python (FastAPI/async), TypeScript/React, and PostgreSQL skills.
• Experience architecting Docker-based workflows to accelerate CI/CD.
• Automation mindset with AI-assisted tooling where appropriate.
• Willingness to work 3 days per week from Espoo office.

Responsibilities

• Translate ambiguous requirements into small, testable increments for end-to-end delivery.
• Collaborate daily with Product, ML/GIS, and SAR scientists to align constraints.
• Ensure health of the system via alerts, dashboards, on-call rotations, and reducing toil.
• Guide architectural decisions using modular, incremental patterns and ADRs.
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, pairing, and mentoring.

Skills

Cloud native

Python

TypeScript/React

PostgreSQL

Docker

CI/CD

Automation

Collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Description

Role highlights:

• Senior Software Engineer, Product Engineering

• Location: Finland, Espoo

• Department: Solutions

• Reports to: Engineering Manager / Team Lead

• Employment type: Permanent

• Workplace model: Hybrid

• Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO)

Why this role matters

ICEYE's Flood Solutions exist to help people make better decisions when floods happen. We strive to provide the most accurate information before, during and after flood events.

In this role, you will be driving the software development within ICEYE Flood Solutions, ensuring we consistently build, deliver and operate the software systems that turn analytical insights into reliable, scalable products that customers can trust in real conditions, including cloud cover, darkness, and other visibility-limiting environments.

Who We Are

ICEYE delivers space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to governments and allied nations. This includes sovereign and turnkey ISR missions leveraging ICEYE’s world-leading synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite technology, as well as access to data from the world’s largest SAR satellite constellation. These capabilities enable partners to detect and respond to critical changes anywhere on Earth with unprecedented speed and accuracy – day or night and in any weather, supported by ultra high-resolution imagery and high-frequency revisits.

As a trusted partner for defense, intelligence, security, and maritime domain awareness, ICEYE’s near real-time data creates a tactical advantage for mission-critical operations. Designed for dual use, the platform also serves civil protection and commercial users for natural-catastrophe intelligence, insurance, maritime monitoring (including oil-spill detection), and finance, contributing to global security and community resilience.

ICEYE is headquartered in Finland and operates globally across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We have more than 900 employees, united by a shared vision: improving life on Earth by becoming the global source of truth in Earth Observation.

Your day-to day responsibilities

• Iterative Product Delivery: Transform high-level, ambiguous requirements into small, testable increments, ensuring that product value is shipped end-to-end and safely deployed to production.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner daily with Product, ML/GIS, and SAR scientists to align technical constraints with desired outcomes, ensuring the architecture supports the specific needs of the domain.

• Operational Excellence & Reliability: Manage the health of the system by refining alerts, building informative dashboards, participating in on-call rotations, and automating away "toil" to keep the platform supportable.

• Pragmatic Architecture & Evolution: Guide technical decisions using reversible, incremental patterns (like modularization or strangler approaches) and document them via lightweight ADRs to maintain long-term system clarity.

• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Multiply the team's impact by raising the bar through code reviews, pairing, and teaching the "why" behind engineering choices to improve overall maintainability and flow.

What we’re looking for

Must-haves

• Senior-level experience designing, delivering, and maintaining cloud native production software in collaborative teams.
• Production maturity: you have seen systems fail, you learn from incidents, and you design for resilience and operability.
• Flow mindset: you prioritize finishing, unblocking, and reducing context switching over starting more parallel work.
• Modern stack proficiency: strong experience with Python (FastAPI / async), TypeScript/React and PostgreSQL, with a focus on readability and long-term maintainability.
• Skilled in architecting Docker-based workflows to accelerate CI/CD pipelines and simplify cloud deployments.
• Automation mindset: you use tooling (including AI-assisted workflows where permitted) to reduce boilerplate and speed up routine work, while keeping humans accountable for correctness, security, and quality.
• Office collaboration: you welcome working 3 days per week in the Espoo office and you thrive in direct collaboration.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with geospatial applications or remote sensing.
• Experience with machine learning, MLOps, or data-intensive applications.
• Experience with event-driven architecture patterns & implementation, and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code (for example, Terraform) in a product team context.

Application Process

• TA screen
• Hiring manager interview
• Panel interview
• Task presentation
• Department lead interview
• SVP of Solutions interview

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—we’ll do our best to help.