ReOrbit
ReOrbit
51 – 200 Employees
AerospaceHardware
Founded in 2019, ReOrbit is a space engineering company working across satellite and mission systems hardware and software. With offices in Helsinki and Bengaluru and a team of more than 100 employees, the company brings together engineering disciplines including software and mission systems, avionics, mechanical systems, and reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS). Its hiring activity reflects a need for specialists who can contribute to the development and delivery of space systems.

Chief Software Architect at ReOrbit – Bengaluru Hybrid

Lead architecture strategy for ReOrbit’s cloud-native, agentic AI platforms supporting software-enabled satellites. Drive secure integrations, technical governance, and engineering transformation.

Description

  • Set enterprise architecture direction, target states, roadmaps, reference architectures, and decision guardrails across products and engineering teams
  • Design cloud-native software platforms using microservices, Kubernetes, event-driven architectures, and API-first principles
  • Guide make-versus-buy-versus-partner decisions and strategic technology investments
  • Stay hands-on through coding, architecture records, design and code reviews, proofs of concept, and AI-assisted prototypes
  • Establish AI-SDLC practices across requirements, architecture, development, testing, security validation, deployment, and operations
  • Create governance standards for AI-generated code and engineering artifacts
  • Design a technology-agnostic platform for agentic AI
  • Define API gateway, MCP, and A2A patterns that enable secure interoperability and reuse
  • Develop reusable platform and integration capabilities for APIs, events, orchestration, data mesh, developer self-service, hardware abstraction, CI/CD, and DevSecOps
  • Apply secure-by-design and Zero Trust principles throughout the architecture
  • Lead the evaluation and adoption of open-source and third-party technologies
  • Advance developer experience, service reliability, deployment consistency, and onboarding through standardized, observable, automated platforms
  • Report to the Head of Software Engineering
  • Support ReOrbit’s mission to advance software-enabled satellites and secure space communications

Requirements

  • Bring at least 15 years of progressive software engineering and architecture experience, including leadership of large-scale, distributed, cloud-native platforms
  • Hold a master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, or a closely related field
  • Demonstrate mandatory hands-on coding ability
  • Show experience rapidly building and validating prototypes with AI-assisted software development tools
  • Bring deep expertise in Kubernetes, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, platform engineering, DevSecOps, observability, and secure software delivery
  • Have practical experience applying AI-SDLC practices or delivering production-grade agentic AI platforms with governance, evaluation, and operational controls
  • Demonstrate success influencing global, cross-functional organizations and delivering major technology or engineering transformations with measurable results
  • Communicate effectively with executives, think systemically, and turn ambiguity into clear technical direction, prioritized decisions, and measurable outcomes
  • Chief Architect, Principal Architect, Distinguished Engineer, or comparable senior technical leadership experience is preferred
  • Architecture experience across satellite or telecommunications systems, especially mission-critical hardware-software environments, is preferred
  • Bring experience with multi-cloud and edge platforms, service mesh, site reliability engineering, AI governance, and open-source ecosystems
  • Security clearance may be required for certain positions

Benefits

  • Work in a challenging and rewarding environment
  • Join an ambitious and supportive professional network
  • Receive lunch vouchers
  • Take part in company events and parties
  • Access occupational health care
  • Receive additional health insurance
  • Participate in RunOrbit and ClimbOrbit activities
  • Enjoy ping pong and board game activities
  • Receive relocation and Finnish society integration support
  • Join a distinctive and diverse team

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