Senior Developer 1

The job responsibilities outlined in this document are not exhaustive and may evolve over time and be reviewed according to business needs.

ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

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

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS

Specify, design, develop, test and maintain operational software for orchestration, operations and administration of the SES satellite fleet
Development team member responsible for module(s) of code to be developed to support their operations of the satellite fleet and ground station network.
Code Quality Assurance: Includes code reviews.  Ensure code quality, suggest areas for development, and ensure best practices are followed.
Documentation: Proper code and technical specifications documentation is required to ensure that the development process is open and readily available to the team.
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

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

Code Quality Assurance: Includes code reviews.  Ensure code quality, suggest areas for development, and ensure best practices are followed.

Documentation: Proper code and technical specifications documentation is required to ensure that the development process is open and readily available to the team.

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)

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Graduated in Computer Science or Software Engineering (Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree level)
• Minimum 8+ years of relevant work experience in back-end software technologies, experience in front-end stack is a highly appreciated
• 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 C#):
  • C# (mandatory)
  • ASP.NET CORE
  • REACTJS
  • Oracle DB PL/SQL
• 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)