About the role

As a Software Engineer on the UK Engineering team, you will help lead the design, development, and optimization of high-performance software solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability. You will write efficient code, conduct code reviews, optimize performance, and develop robust system architectures. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will translate requirements into technical solutions. The role also involves continuous innovation, testing, debugging, documentation, and contributing to CI/CD pipelines and security compliance.

At Applied Intuition, you will:

• Lead the design, development, and optimization of high-performance libraries, modules, and products

• Architect and implement scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions

• Work in lockstep with our US engineering team. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, engineering, and DevOps

• Ensure adherence to best coding practices, design patterns, and industry standards

• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in software products

• Write, test, and debug efficient modern C++ code for complex software solutions

• Understand domain specific details when implementing generic or multi-domain code

• Design robust software that meets performance, scalability, and security requirements

• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in software applications

• Work closely with product managers to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions

• Train and mentor junior engineers as we grow the UK team, fostering a culture of learning and improvement

• Contribute to build automation, continuous integration, and deployment pipelines, as needed

• Ensure software security, data protection, and compliance with industry regulations, as needed

We're looking for someone who has:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/related engineering field

• 5+ years of hands-on experience developing performant modern C++, or high willingness to learn C++ which is our primary programming language for all development

• Strong procedural and object-oriented programming experience that employs clean code principles and good OOP design patterns/principles

• Experience developing in Docker and containerized development environments, and using Linux-based operating systems (e.g., RHEL, Ubuntu)

• Understanding of Service-oriented Architecture and message broker vs data broker paradigms

Travel requirements:

• General willingness to travel for company business between our offices, as well as to customer sites

Security Requirements:

• Must have ability to hold UK Security Clearance (current or previous preferred)

Nice to have:

• Master’s degree in computer science/related engineering field. 7+ years of experience developing software in modern C++ and Python

• Experience embedding C++ in Python and vice versa

• Experience working on distributed systems

• Experience with Bazel

• Experience working projects related to national security for one or more government agencies

• References who will describe them as low-ego, highly motivated, thoughtfully opinionated, strong communicators and curious listeners