Senior Technical Lead

ICEYE

Espoo, Finland or Warsaw/Poland

What is the role?

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Lead to join our Wind Natural Catastrophe Solutions product team that is focused on deriving actionable insights about hurricane damage. As a key member of our product team, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of our Wind product, steering it from the technical proof-of-concept phase into general product release. Your expertise in software engineering, technical leadership, product mindset and strategic vision of what good engineering looks like will be essential to our success.

As a Senior Technical Lead, you will be a key member of the Wind team and will be chiefly responsible for guiding technical decisions, leading development efforts, and ensuring successful project execution. Effective communication and collaboration with product managers and other engineering teams are essential for you to excel in this role.

Key Responsibilities

Develop an end-to-end tech vision and roadmap for the product, understanding dependencies and outcomes and ensuring close alignment with the product manager
Communicate technical needs and expertise required for successful product development
Ability to work closely with geospatial technical specialists, understand how their work fits into the big picture without needing to have expert understanding of ‘how’ their components work
Proactively address risks, challenges, and needs, fostering a collaborative environment
Actively participate in planning and objective setting for each quarter
Foster active communication and collaboration with other engineering team & technical leads
Lead the execution of product development initiatives, ensuring good delivery practices, high-quality and safe code, and early de-risking of product requirements
Architect for operations, security, and scalability, leveraging modern software engineering practices
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including product manager, SAR and remote sensing experts, machine learning engineers and other software engineers) to design, develop, test, and maintain the product
Share best practices, guide code reviews, and promote a culture of continuous learning to ensure the team constantly improves their development habits
Identify strategies to accelerate the timeline of bringing R&D elements to production

Requirements

What you need to succeed:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred)
Proven experience as a Technical Lead or Senior Software Engineer working with a team
Strong knowledge of modern software engineering practices, including cloud architectures, cloud native applications, DevOps, continuous delivery, test automation and security, (AWS preferred)
Strong Python experience
Docker experience
Familiarity with CI/CD tools and processes
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
You can take challenging, abstract problems and break them down into solvable tasks