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# Software Engineer - Systems

- **Company:** Specter Incorporated
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Databases, Linux, Machine Learning, Network Protocols, Wireless Sensor Networks, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Video Codec, Cloud Platform System, Data Ingestion, Low Latency
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_92f09fec57ae7b9998685362aff457aa

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience in Rust (preferred) or C++ in low-latency and/or embedded settings
 * Deep experience working directly with networking protocols such as UDP, TCP, QUIC, etc.
 * Deep knowledge and understanding of IPC fundamentals and mechanics on Linux systems
 * Deep experience working directly with performant modern databases, distributed or otherwise

Preferences:

 * Experience working alongside real-time, multi-modal machine learning data ingestion systems
 * Experience with modern video codec implementations across various hardware platforms

## Description

* Building low-latency networking infrastructure connecting embedded and cloud systems
 * Building resource-efficient pipelines to egress/ingress multimodal sensor data and telemetry
 * Building low-latency command and control infrastructure across distributed sensor network