Senior Backend Software Engineer (API platform)
About this role
Role highlights:
Senior Backend Software Engineer (API platform)
Location: Espoo, Finland
Department: Business Automation
Reports to: Engineering Manager, Business Automation
Employment type: Permanent
Workplace model: Hybrid
Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO)
Why this role matters:
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer (API platform), you'll join a team developing and operating one of ICEYE's key customer facing API suite. You build new functionally as well as keep the platform stable, observable, and trusted, powering reliable satellite tasking at scale. Your work ensures that customers can seamlessly task their satellite fleet through robust, high-availability on-prem systems that form the backbone of ICEYE's ISR capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Senior Backend Software Engineer (API platform)
- Location: Espoo, Finland
- Department: Business Automation
- Reports to: Engineering Manager, Business Automation
Requirements
- Employment type: Permanent
- Workplace model: Hybrid
- Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO)
About ICEYE
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 shar