Core Developer (Rust/C++) — Real-Time Distributed Backend

Quantum; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Mobile working

Bike-Leasing

Corporate Benefits

Employee events

Job summary

Quantum Systems is seeking a senior backend engineer in the UK to design, develop, and maintain scalable systems for swarm control and sensor management. You will implement real-time communication and processing for robotics, collaborating across teams to integrate backend components with robotics software and sensor networks.

You should have 5+ years in backend development for real-time systems, with strong C++ and Rust skills, and experience building distributed backend architectures.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience focused on real-time systems.
• Proficiency in C++ and Rust.
• Experience building backend architectures for distributed systems.
• Familiarity with network protocols, multithreading, and low-latency data processing.
• Knowledge of system architecture design, performance optimization, and resource management.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable systems for swarm control and sensor management.
• Implement efficient communication protocols and real-time processing solutions for robotics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate backend with robotics software and sensor networks.
• Optimize system performance, scalability, and reliability in a distributed robotics environment.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and software design decisions.

Skills

C++

Rust

Real-time systems

Backend development

Multithreading

Low-latency data processing

Distributed systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Job description

Quantum Systems is seeking a senior backend engineer in the UK to design, develop, and maintain scalable systems for swarm control and sensor management. You will implement real-time communication and processing for robotics, collaborating across teams to integrate backend components with robotics software and sensor networks.

You should have 5+ years in backend development for real-time systems, with strong C++ and Rust skills, and experience building distributed backend architectures.