Full Stack Software Engineer

Simera Sense is a leading provider of Earth observation camera solutions for the global small satellite market. Committed to excellence and innovation, we deliver superior products and services to our worldwide customer base.

Are you passionate about building innovative software solutions from front end to back end? We are seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable applications that deliver exceptional user experiences and drive business impact. If you enjoy solving complex problems, working across the full technology stack, and collaborating with talented teams to bring ideas to life, we'd love to hear from you.

Position Type: Fulltime

Remote Opportunity: Hybrid

Report To: Group Software Manager

Location: Glasgow/Edinburg, UK

Job Purpose:

Design, develop, integrate, test and support scalable full-stack software solutions across user interfaces, back-end services, databases, cloud platforms and IoT systems, applying sound engineering practices to deliver secure, reliable, maintainable and high-performing applications.

Responsibilities:

Application Design & Development

• Design intuitive and clean user interfaces
• Design, implement and test front-end and back-end applications
• Design, implement and test interfaces between components of the system
• Integrate these applications with external systems
• Apply industry best practices to build maintainable, resilient systems

Databases & Data Management

• Design efficient queries and APIs
• Work with relational and/or NoSQL databases
• Reason about consistency, durability, performance, and scalability
• Analyse performance, storage layouts, and access patterns

Cloud & IoT Systems

• Build cloud-based applications that integrate with IoT and edge devices
• Operate and monitor systems in production environments

Concurrency & Distributed Systems

• Design and implement concurrent and parallel software
• Reason about synchronization, race conditions, deadlocks, and consistency

Networking & Communication

• Work with network stacks, sockets, and message-based systems
• Apply networking fundamentals to system troubleshooting

Testing and Qualification

• Write application tests
• Produce test documentation

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor Honors Degree or Postgraduate Diploma Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or a closely related field

Minimum years of work experience

• 0-2 years of relevant experience.

Required experience

• Proficiency with frontend languages, libraries and frameworks (e.g. Typescript/JavaScript, React)
• Proficiency in backend languages (e.g. Go, Rust)
• Familiarity with writing clear documentation
• Familiarity with Cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab / GitHub pipelines)
• Familiarity with IaC technologies (e.g. Terraform, Terragrunt)Familiarity with containers and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals
• Experience working with databases and persistent storage

Recommendations:

• Experience developing software on Linux
• Experience with multithreaded and concurrent programming
• Experience with distributed systems or message-based architectures
• Experience profiling and debugging production systems
• Interest in correctness, safety, and formal reasoning
• Experience building or operating IoT systems
• Exposure to formal specifications, verification, or protocol design

What we offer:

• The opportunity to work in the fast-growing space industry.
• Niche global market for optical payloads for microsatellites.
• Cutting-edge technology at your fingertips
• A competitive salary
• A friendly working environment.

Ready to make an impact?

• Apply now by submitting your CV.