Cloud Systems 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 cloud technologies and building scalable, high-performance software solutions? We are seeking a Cloud Systems Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize cloud-native applications and infrastructure that power advanced products and services. If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges, working across software and cloud environments, and driving innovation through modern technologies, we'd love to hear from you.

Position Type: Fulltime

Remote Opportunity: Hybrid

Report To: Group Software Manager

Location: Glasgow/Edinburgh, UK

Job Purpose:

Design, develop, secure, test, and operate scalable cloud-based software systems that integrate with IoT and edge devices, ensuring reliable communication, effective data management, resilience in distributed systems, and compliance with defined system requirements.

Responsibilities:

Cloud & IoT Systems

• Build cloud-based services that integrate with IoT and edge devices
• Design device-to-cloud communication flows and asynchronous workflows
• Balance edge vs cloud responsibilities for reliability and efficiency
• Operate and monitor systems in production environments
• Reason about durability, performance, and scalability

Databases & Data Management

• Design data models and persistence layers
• Work with relational and/or NoSQL databases
• Optimize queries, storage layouts, and access patterns

Concurrency & Distributed Systems

• Design and implement concurrent and parallel software
• Reason about synchronization, race conditions, deadlocks, and consistency
• Build distributed components that tolerate partial failure and latency
• Apply formal reasoning to state machines and protocol design
• Design systems to perform task orchestration and prioritization

Networking & Communication

• Develop software that communicates over unreliable or high-latency networks
• Design and implement robust communication protocols and data pipelines
• Work with network stacks, sockets, and message-based systems
• Apply networking fundamentals to system design and troubleshooting
• System and Communication Security
• Design and implement secure communication protocols
• Design for industry-standard data security (in transit and at rest)
• Design secure cloud architecture

Testing and Qualification

• Perform component testing
• Perform system testing
• Perform system qualification against requirements
• Produce test documentation

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or a closely related field
• AWS Certifications such as Developer Associate, Solutions Architect Associate or Solutions Architect Professional.

Minimum years of work experience:

• 0-2 years of relevant experience.

Required Experience:

• Strong foundation in computer science, including:

o Algorithms and data structures

o Automata and formal models of computation

o Computational complexity and trade-offs

o Concurrency and parallelism

o Communication networks

• Proficiency designing and implementing architecture on Cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Proficiency with distributed systems and message-based architecture
• Proficiency in IaC technologies (e.g. Terraform, Terragrunt)
• Proficiency in at least one systems or backend language (e.g. Go, Rust)
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab / GitHub pipelines)
• Familiarity with containers and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with writing clear documentation
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals
• Experience modelling software with automata
• Experience working with databases and persistent storage
• Experience in application development.
• Experience developing software on Linux.

Recommendations:

• A master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a related field would be advantageous.
• Experience with multithread and concurrent programming.
• Experience building or operating IoT systems
• Exposure to formal specifications, verifications, or protocol design
• Degree in Computer Science or a closely related field. Masters preferred.
• AWS Security Specialty Certification
• Interest in correctness, safety, and formal reasoning
• Experience with Post Quantum Cryptography

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.