Senior C++ Engineer

Rise Technical
London
10 months ago
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Senior C++ Engineer
London - 5 Days on Site
£90,000 - £120,000 + Company Equity % in early-age AI startup + 100% company-paid private Dental & Vision insurance + Flexible PTO & Sick Policy


This is an excellent opportunity for a C++ Engineer with good Python, ML & Edge Computing experience to join an exciting startup offering a high responsibility role into the backend stack of their technology. You will be working with ex-employees of Google, Microsoft and Facebook to achieve company objectives.

This company are an AI startup that work on building the best business AI video systems on the market. They are in need of an experienced C++ Engineer to contribute to the development of projects and momentum of the company!

In this varied role you will be dealing with the building of edge applications that process vision data and communication layers for the compute-constrained edge devices. You will also deploy machine learning models, optimising platform runtime for maximum performance in C++ code and build for observability and telemetry.

The ideal candidate will have experience writing production software in C++ and Python, optimising real-time data applications for latency and memory. They will have experience using various profiling tools to optimise code, experience with Docker & CI / CD pipelines & have interfaced ML models. It is beneficial if the candidate also has experience with Edge/IoT computing and previous video processing experience such as GStreamer.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a high performing, friendly and stable work environment and to be positively challenged with the development of this industry changing startup!

The Role:
* Writing production software in C++ and Python
* Experience using profiling tools
* Experience with Docker & CI / CD pipelines
* Edge Computing, ML model interfacing

The Person:
* Strong C++ & Python experience
* Profiling tools & ML Model interfacing experience
* Docker & Edge/IoT computing
* Engineering excellence and aptitude working for a high-velocity startup

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