About the Role
Senior Software Engineer / Architect | Geospatial & Cloud
Location:
Remote (from UK) with monthly visit onsite in
Luton
Peaple Talent has partnered with a prominent European leader in space systems, satellite operations, and earth observation technologies who are seeking a
Senior Software Engineer / Architect
to join their
Ground Software Systems division
. This role offers
remote flexibility from anywhere in the UK
with monthly visits to the office and involves playing a senior, influential role in developing and modernising the UK Government’s environmental Data Services Platform.
Working across both hands-on software development and high-level cloud architecture, you will build brand-new web applications, enhance existing features, and oversee
cloud infrastructure
. You will work closely with
geospatial and spatial/non-spatial datasets
, managing complex
Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) pipelines
and orchestrating modern cloud-native environments.
What We Are Looking For
6 years' experience in cloud-native software engineering and architecture within
Azure,
Docker, and Kubernetes environments.
Experience with
Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform
and established CI/CD automation pipelines.
Technical familiarity with spatial data,
Earth Observation, environmental monitoring, GIS
, or
location-based data services
.
Exposure to
modern full-stack web technologies
(preferably TypeScript,
Python,
React, FastAPI, or PostgreSQL).
Key Responsibilities
Architecting, developing, and maintaining high-performance web applications using a variety of modern tech stacks.
Managing Azure cloud services, infrastructure resources, and Kubernetes clusters using Terraform (IaC).
Enhancing system security, performance, and operational efficiency across multi-cloud environments.
Designing and optimizing spatial data workflows, incorporating GeoServer, OGC APIs, and spatial/non-spatial ETL pipelines.
Driving CI/CD deployment workflows using tools such as ArgoCD, Buildkite, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions.
Providing technical leadership within Agile teams, authoring technical proposals, and producing clear architectural documentation.
If you are a cloud-focused engineer or architect looking to make a direct impact on UK environmental and space-data platforms, please apply with your updated CV today.