Software Engineer Job at Experteer Italy in Town of Italy

Overview

We are hiring a Software Engineer to develop pipelines for geospatial product generation and implement end to end service-level testing to ensure the quality and performance of spatial data services. You'll play a dual role: engineering efficient processing of satellite data into usable products, and validating end to end systems through testing methodologies. The job holder will be involved in the IRIDE Service Segment development and testing activities.

Serco Italy offers a competitive salary and benefits, an international environment, great career opportunities, possible hybrid work, and a corporate benefits package. You will contribute directly to some of Europe\'s most exciting space programmes, from Earth observation and climate monitoring to satellite navigation and space safety. Your work will play a vital role in ensuring mission success, enabling better decision-making on Earth and driving innovation in orbit.

Join Serco and be part of a trusted partner to ESA and other European space stakeholders. Our teams are passionate professionals dedicated to excellence, knowledge-sharing, and meaningful impact.

We look forward to meeting you!

Main Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code related to the generation of Geospatial (GSP) products from EO satellite data (e.g., Sentinel-2, IRIDE).
• Integrate multi-source satellite imagery (e.g., Sentinel, IRIDE) into processing workflows.
• Develop automated testing frameworks for spatial data APIs and processing services.
• Implement unit, integration, regression, and performance tests for data workflows and services.
• Collaborate with geospatial analysts, QA engineers, and infrastructure teams to ensure end-to-end testing of the complete service chain.
• Write documentation and contribute to best practices for both code quality and testing strategies (i.e., testing plans, procedures, reports).

Successful Candidate

• Degree in Computer Science, Geoinformatics, Remote Sensing, or a related discipline.
• Proficiency in Python and experience with geospatial libraries (e.g., GDAL, Rasterio, GeoPandas).
• Experience with service/API testing tools (e.g., Postman, Pytest, Selenium, or similar).
• Understanding of satellite data formats and geospatial standards (e.g., GeoTIFF, NetCDF, OGC services).
• Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Writing skills for issuing technical documentation as notes, plans, procedures, reports, requirements, work specifications, architectural design.
• Intermediate to advanced Linux user.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and VMWare virtual environments.
• Experience with cloud-based data processing (AWS, GEE, Azure, etc.) and automated testing of spatial data services or APIs.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools.
• Knowledge of EO data workflows, quality control processes, and metadata standards.
• Knowledge of Software configuration control best practices.
• Ability to work in a team, share knowledge, and take proactive approach to problem identification and resolution.

Other Skills

• Experience on datacenter and complex IT environments is an asset.
• Experience setting up virtual environments both on physical and cloud platforms is an asset.
• Good communications skills in English (spoken, written) and good knowledge of Italian.
• Take full responsibility for the successful conclusion of activities and a success-oriented mindset.
• Strong liaison, teamwork, curiosity, and ability to manage several tasks in parallel.
• Willingness to travel within Europe to attend meetings.

About the Company

Serco is a leading provider of public services. Our customers are governments or others operating in the public sector. We gain scale, expertise and diversification by operating internationally across five sectors and four geographies: Defence, Space, Justice & Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services, delivered in UK & Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

We are diverse and inclusive organisation. We prioritize Diversity and Inclusion, actively supporting initiatives such as Women in Aerospace Europe, which champions opportunities, development, and visibility for women in the Aerospace sector.

We strongly encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job are encouraged to apply.