Backend Developer

For my client, a growing tech company that builds both the hardware and the software behind its own detection systems, I’m looking for an experienced software engineer to take the lead on application development. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Design and build the data processing applications behind the product: the software that runs image detection, drives the hardware and processes sensor data in real time. No user interfaces, no web apps. - Turn a working prototype into something scalable, reliable and maintainable. - Own the architecture decisions: what direction we take, what we build ourselves and what we don’t. - Set the lines for the external specialists they work with, and steer their work. You’ll be the most senior engineer in the application development discipline. WHAT YOU BRING - At least 5 years as a software engineer, coming from a software engineering background rather than from research or data science. - Proven experience setting up architecture that stays scalable and maintainable as the system grows. - Strong Python skills. It’s the language you’ll build in most, but the engineering thinking matters more than the language itself. - Solid practices: CI/CD, testing at multiple levels, code that holds up over time. - Comfortable around Linux, networking and the environment the software actually runs in. - A hands-on mentality. This is a small company, so you’ll be in the field as often as behind your screen. If you want to develop and nothing else, this isn’t your role. You don’t need to tick every box. PRACTICAL - 32 to 40 hours per week. - Four days at the office, one day from home. - No IND sponsorship and no relo…