Platform Software Engineer

Platform Software Engineer - Ground Segment - Hybrid - - Delft , Netherlands - €4,345 - €4,965 per month - Mission Solutions & Engineering Job description We build and run the ground segment software that keeps satellites in orbit. It is used internally by our operations team to fly missions on behalf of our customers, and is also delivered externally as part of our product portfolio. Our satellite operations are growing in scale and complexity: more satellites, more automation, integration with external ground stations, and increasing cloud and deployment needs. To support this growth, we are looking for a Platform Software Engineer to establish and own the operational foundation for reliable and secure software delivery. This role bridges software engineering and IT operations. You will become the company's domain expert in this field: building best practices, selecting tools, improving automation, and ensuring our systems remain available, observable, maintainable, and secure. Working closely with both the software engineering and IT teams, you will shape how software is deployed and operated across our development and production environments. Specific tasks and responsibilities include - Develop and introduce tooling, processes, and alerting solutions that improve the speed, reliability, and maintainability of our software-both applications and infrastructure. - Evaluate, maintain, and improve the infrastructure our software runs on. - Support other software engineers with deployment pipelines, automation, and operational best practices. - Ensure continuous satellite operations by safeguarding the availability of our infrastructure, servers, and networks. - Troubleshoot issues across infrastructure, networking, and application layers. - Collaborate with the IT team on integrating infrastructure services-certificates, identity providers, cloud services, and virtualization platforms-and on managing server resources and ...