SES Satellites · 7 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer - Site Reliability
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expSES Satellites is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Site Reliability who will help design and develop tools for pro-actively monitoring airline services. The role involves working within multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high-quality technical solutions and continuous improvement across the organization.
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Responsibilities
Design and develop globally deployed cloud based micro-services solutions with high availability
Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code with best practices coding standards
Be responsible for current software development practices and principles to identify and implement process improvements
Work with micro-services teams on RESTful API designs - assist with future scripted API’s and web socket implementation and investigations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related discipline
7–10 years of experience in systems implementation with a focus on both custom web/mobile application development and commercial software systems, with exposure to multiple technical disciplines including development, QA, and DevOps
Strong Core Java skills with hands-on experience in Microservices, REST APIs, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and WebSockets
Proven experience building traditional and serverless applications on AWS (EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, etc.). Solid experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and cloud-native architectures
Hands-on expertise in CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS Code Pipeline; strong alignment with DevOps deployment practices
Strong understanding of infrastructure as code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or similar tools
Experience implementing monitoring, observability, and alerting using tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or ELK stack
Proven ability to manage incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-incident reviews, ensuring continuous reliability improvements
Knowledge of reliability and performance metrics (SLOs, SLIs, SLAs) and the ability to engineer systems that meet or exceed them
Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes (EKS)
Familiarity with security best practices for cloud-native and distributed systems, including IAM, secrets management, and data encryption
Ability to work independently or as part of a global agile team, preferably in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment
Demonstrated willingness to learn new technologies, continuously improve systems reliability, scalability, and automation
Preferred
Experience in containerization with Docker or Kubernetes will be an advantage and bonus
Experience in React JS, Redux, Modular CSS, JavaScript is a plus
Working knowledge of AI frameworks like copilot, windsurf, spring AI and other model building tools
Company
SES Satellites
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1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.99BKey Investors
European Investment Bank
2025-08-28Post Ipo Equity· $10.12M
2025-06-17Post Ipo Debt· $1.16B
2025-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $130.5M
Leadership Team
Adel Al-Saleh
CEO SES
Martin Halliwell
SVP and CTO with SES ASTRA
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