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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** ECM Selection Limited
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £60,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Safety Critical Systems, GXP, Programming Languages
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.ecmselection.co.uk/register/25894

## About the Role

* Excellent Python development skills, especially for substantial applications.
 * A focus on Python code quality and good engineering practice, both yours and others'.
 * C literacy. Minimally you need to be able to read C code. Ideally, you could add robust Python interface support to existing C code (CPython, Python.h) and marshal data between the two.
 * Appreciation of machine representation of data types (e.g. bitness, endianness) in Python / other languages.
 * Good academic background, including a numerate 1st or 2:1 at bachelor's level and strong A levels.

If you've an interest in programming languages and automation, there is the opportunity to be involved in the ongoing development of a bespoke DSL. This may lead to cross discipline work with other software, electronic and mechanical engineers.

## Description

Join a team of enthusiastic Python developers, working on advanced software which communicates with complex instruments. Python tools provide much needed analytical data, help put these systems through their paces, and exercise hardware, assisting future product development.


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