Senior Developer

ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The incumbent develops operational software components and solutions for SES to support their operations of the satellite fleet and ground station network.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS

• Specify, design, develop, test and maintain operational software for orchestration, operations and administration of the SES satellite fleet and ground station network


• Develop and execute automated BDD (Behavior-driven development) testing to ensure the reliability and performance of software components.


• Support the transition of the new products into operations ensuring the proper tools and training are in place including life cycle support


• Automate the development lifecycle by employing Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD)

COMPETENCIES

• Solid foundation in computer science and a wide range of experience in many aspects of software development (design patterns, application development, network authentication, security systems, microservice architecture, layout technologies, browser testing and debugging, web development)


• System view ( full-stack ) and general understanding of satellite communication, or motivation to develop an understanding of the interactions between all the disciplines involved in this area (Satellite, Gateways, Platforms, Network)


• Ability to work within an Agile/Scrum ecosystem


• Willingness and proactivity to learn constantly, keep knowledge up to date with latest technologies.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Graduated in Computer Science or Software Engineering (Bachelor s or Master s Degree level)


• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in back-end software technologies, experience in front-end stack is a plus


• Proficient expertise working with Git


• Proficient in networking authentication and security for software systems


• Expertise in programming in at least two of the following languages (our current development is based on Python):
  
  
  
  • Python (mandatory)
  
  
  • Go
  
  
  • C/C++
  
  
  • Rust
  
  
  • Java
  
  
  
  


• Comfortable working with the following technologies and toolchains:
  
  
  
  • Linux OS
  
  
  • Familiarity with databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, NoSQL)
  
  
  • Interface layers: Kafka, REST, gRPC, ZMQ
  
  
  • TCP/IP networks
  
  
  • Web servers (e.g., Apache, NGINX)
  
  
  • Virtualized & containerized app deployments
  
  
  
  


• Understanding of cloud orchestration tools, technologies, and API standards (AWS, Azure, Google, Cloud, Kubernetes)