Deployed Software Engineer

About the Role

You will join [Employer hidden] at a pivotal moment in the company’s journey. Our company is being built by exceptional engineers - people who find high-impact and technically challenging work engaging and exciting, and who consistently deliver outsized impact. You will collaborate with other brilliant minds to solve some of the world’s hardest and most important problems

You will have ownership and autonomy from Day One. There is no corporate ladder at [Employer hidden]. From your first day, you will directly influence the design, functionality, and direction of [Employer hidden]’s product offering. We hire the best people and give them extremely high levels of autonomy; the sky is the limit for an individual with the right ambition

If you are motivated by our mission and if you want to be part of a growing team of outstanding people, then we want to hear from you

We work closely alongside our customers to deploy our technology

As a Deployed Software Engineer at [Employer hidden], you'll be responsible for implementing our technology with customers so that it effectively solves their real-world problems

You’ll collect feedback from end users and work with the wider engineering team to contribute back to the development of core product features

You'll often need to travel to customer locations in the UK and across the world

The locations could be their offices, or they could be at testing or exercise sites “in the field”

Once there you’ll need to figure out unfamiliar systems, engage directly with users and deploy [Employer hidden]'s products by writing code that solves their use cases

Travelling to customer sites to meet users and understand their use-cases

Deploying our products into customer environments

Writing code to connect up data sources and to solve specific customer problems

Interfacing and testing with autonomous and robotic systems in the field

Iterating with customers to refine the implementation to maximise user value

Collaborating with other deployed engineers with diverse skill sets, including AI/ML, networking, and robotics

Driving a culture of excellence within the deployed team and the wider company

Who you are

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical/scientific subject
• Strong core programming skills in object orientated languages such as Python, C++ or Java
• Knowledge of frameworks such as Angular or React
• Front-end development experience in TypeScript or JavaScript
• A deep enthusiasm for expanding your knowledge of a diverse technology stack
• Strong customer-facing communication skills
• Willingness to travel and work on-site with customers for a significant proportion of your time
• We believe in working closely with defence customers. As a result, this role will require the individual to hold a clearance or be willing to undergo UK security vetting to Security Check (SC) or above. This normally requires having continuous residency in the UK for at least 5 years

Desirable

• Understanding of working on embedded / resource constrained devices
• Interest with/experience in working with low-level languages such as C or Rust
• Experience of working with legacy systems
• Experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL
• Experience of machine learning applications
• Passion for/experience working with hardware

Application process

• CV submission with initial questions
• Introductory Teams call (30 mins)
• In-person technical interview (1-2 hours)
• Final interview with one of [Employer hidden]’s Founders (30 mins)

Company benefits

• The opportunity to work with world-class engineers on a wide range of technologies
• Free training and education to quickly fill knowledge gaps
• The best resources and equipment required to do your job
• Exposure to working closely with customers on real problems
• Free meals and snacks in the office
• 7% employer pension contribution
• Employee Stock Options for everyone, so we all have a stake in the company’s growth
• Relocation support