Job Description
- Role: Release Engineer
- Department: Release & Platform Engineering
- Location: Espoo, Finland
- Contract: Permanent
- Working model: On-site / Hybrid
- Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO)
Mission of the Release Engineer
Own and continuously evolve the organization’s release mechanics as a reliable engineering system, ensuring software is versioned, validated, promoted, and released in a predictable, scalable, and low-risk manner. Build and maintain robust tooling and processes that increase release confidence, reduce operational risk, and enable fast, high-quality software delivery across the organization.
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 operates internationally with offices in Finland, Poland, Spain, Japan, the UAE, Greece, and the US. The company has more than 900 employees, inspired by the shared vision of improving life on Earth by becoming the global source of truth in Earth Observation.
Key Duties
(Design → Systematize → Build → Validate → Observe → Evolve )
- Design and evolve the technical release model, including versioning, configuration management, deployment logic, promotion flow, and validation points
- Implement the release model through production-grade release tooling, deployment automation, and configuration handling
- Build and operate the global release pipeline, including application deployment and release-specific configuration, supporting releases end to end during release windows
- Monitor release pipeline behavior, deployment outcomes, and system health signals related to releases
- Provide structured feedback to engineering teams based on deployment behavior, failure patterns, and release-related incidents
- Improve release tooling, deployment mechanisms, and the release model based on observed failures, feedback, and scale needs
Role specific competences
- Minimum three years of recent, hands-on experience building and evolving CI/CD automation in production environments.
- Experience providing technical leadership and influencing engineering teams through system design and engineering standards.
- Ability to diagnose complex release and deployment failures and implement durable improvements.
Success Criteria
The success of this role is measured by a clear, well-adopted technical release model and reliable release tooling that enable correct configuration, repeatable deployments, and low-risk releases at scale.
Key Competences
In addition to the requirements above, we evaluate candidates on these key qualities throughout the hiring process:
- Intellectual Firepower: Rapidly comprehends, structures and synthesizes complex information, draws accurate conclusions, and communicates them with clarity.
- Passion & Work Ethic: Brings sustained motivation, resilience, and high personal standards to every challenge.
- Ownership & Action: Assumes full accountability for outcomes, acting decisively, and ensuring commitments are delivered.
- Team Player: Works collaboratively across teams, contributing to shared success, and engaging in constructive debate.
- Integrity & Growth Mindset: Operates with transparency and humility, learns from setbacks, and actively seeks opportunities to grow.
Application Process
- Recruiter Interview
- Hiring Manager Interview
- Technical Assignment
- Panel Discussion
- Director Interview
What We Offer at ICEYE
At ICEYE, you will join a diverse and highly engaged team united by the ambition to make the impossible possible. We know that we will succeed only through exceptional people in our team — which is why your growth, wellbeing, and success are a priority.
As a global scale-up, we combine speed and ambition with the opportunity to take real ownership from day one. You will benefit from continuous professional development, training opportunities, and a culture that values collaboration, curiosity, and integrity. ICEYE is a place where your contributions have a visible impact, and where we celebrate success together.
Benefits
- A job that matters in a dynamic Defence Technology and Earth Observation environment with a scale-up approach
- An independent role with a supportive and diverse work environment
- Occupational healthcare, occupational, and accident insurance
- A yearly benefit budget to spend as you wish (i.e. on sport, transport, bike benefit, wellness, lunch, etc.)
- Phone subscription with iPhone of choice
- Relocation support (i.e. flight tickets, accommodation, relocation agency support)
- Time for self-development, research, training, conferences, or certification schemes
- Inspiring and collaborating offices and silent workspaces enable you to focus
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At ICEYE, we believe that diversity isn’t just a buzzword – it’s our greatest asset.
We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every voice is not only heard but celebrated. We know that diverse perspectives breed innovation and creativity, which is why we actively seek out individuals from all walks of life, backgrounds, and experiences.
Whatever your background, we want you to bring your authentic self to the table. Join us and be part of a team where differences are not only embraced but cherished, because together, we’re stronger.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those who may need workplace adjustments. If you require any specific accommodations or assistance during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know.
Apply now to start your ICEYE journey, and help us continue to make the impossible possible together. Read more about ICEYE and working with us at iceye.com.
