Platform Engineer
Posted 8 Apr 2026
Advertised as “Staff Platform Engineer - Core Platform Engineering”
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- Expected experience
- 8+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Hybrid
- Contract
- Full-time
No salary listed for this role.
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Title: Staff Platform Engineer
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Department: Platform & Release Engineering
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Location: Espoo, Finland / Berlin, Germany
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Reports to: Infrastructure Engineering Lead
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Employment type: Permanent
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Workplace model: Hybrid
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Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO)
Why this role matters:
As a Senior / Staff Platform Engineer, you’ll own and evolve the foundations that all services rely on, leading the design and operation of a secure, scalable Kubernetes platform across cloud and on-prem environments so product teams can ship faster with less friction and stronger reliability at scale.
Who We Are
ICEYE delivers space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to governments and allied nations. This includes sovereign and turnkey ISR missions leveraging ICEYE’s world-leading synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite technology, as well as access to data from the world’s largest SAR satellite constellation. These capabilities enable partners to detect and respond to critical changes anywhere on Earth with unprecedented speed and accuracy, day or night and in any weather, supported by ultra high-resolution imagery and high-frequency revisits.
As a trusted partner for defense, intelligence, security, and maritime domain awareness, ICEYE’s near real-time data creates a tactical advantage for mission-critical operations. Designed for dual use, the platform also serves civil protection and commercial users for natural-catastrophe intelligence, insurance, maritime monitoring including oil-spill detection, and finance, contributing to global security and community resilience.
ICEYE is headquartered in Finland and operates globally across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We have more than 900 employees, united by a shared vision: improving life on Earth by becoming the global source of truth in Earth Observation.
Your day-to-day responsibilities
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Design, operate, and continuously improve a secure, scalable, and resilient Kubernetes platform across cloud and on-prem environments
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Build and maintain standardized platform capabilities such as ingress, service mesh, secrets management, and lifecycle automation