Software Engineer - Earth Observation Services

About VITO
The Environmental Intelligence unit at VITO processes petabytes of Earth Observation (EO) data. We specialize in extracting reliable, actionable information from vast amounts of satellite imagery for customers worldwide.

Within this unit, the Copernicus Services team designs, builds and operates end-to-end EO processing chains for vegetation, land cover and agriculture monitoring. We deliver robust, 24/7 operational services to European and international partners such as ECMWF, EEA, ESA, EUMETSAT, FAO and JRC.

To strengthen our development capacity, we are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Senior Software Engineer.

Your Role at VITO
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in the evolution of our operational EO services. You will participate in:
Evolving and hardening our operational EO processing systems

Modernizing our stack with cloud-native, scalable architectures

Leveraging AI-assisted development tools to increase quality, velocity and maintainability

You will work in an agile team of solution architects, developers, EO scientists and operations engineers, helping bridge R&D prototypes into stable, maintainable operational services. You’ll join a talented, dedicated team working in a fast-paced international environment, developing added value products on cutting edge technologies that support public authorities, industry, research and society at large.

Key Responsibilities:
Develop efficient services, algorithms and data processing workflows for EO satellite products

Translate prototypes and proof‑of‑concepts into robust, production‑grade components

Deliver clean, maintainable and well‑documented code, primarily in Python

Implement microservices and APIs that integrate seamlessly with our processing platforms

Take shared responsibility for operational services, including incident analysis, performance optimisation and reliability improvements

Use AI‑assisted coding tools to improve efficiency and code quality

Ensure solid automated test coverage (unit, integration, regression tests)

Collaborate closely with architects, product owners and EO experts to refine requirements and define technical designs

Provide 3rd‑line support for customer issues and service anomalies

Contribute to team-wide decisions on architecture, tools, coding standards and best practices