Lead Software Engineer – Edge AI for Autonomous Vessels

Aquallite Data Ltd.; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquallite Data Ltd. is a startup building real‑time AI and sensor data solutions for autonomous vessels. We are launching a funded 9‑month R&D programme to translate research into scalable software and commercial products.

You will lead software engineering, guide architecture decisions with the CTO, and work closely with data science leads to implement production‑ready solutions in an unstructured startup environment. Edinburgh-based with part‑week in the office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field or strong equivalent experience.
• Minimum 2 years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with real-time data processing and edge computing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead software development for the programme's edge and web components.
• Turn research into production‑grade software and commercial products.
• Collaborate with the CTO and Data Scientists to shape the tech stack and engineering practices.
• Ensure adherence to software processes and deliver against milestones.

Skills

Python

Typescript

Next.js

Full-stack dev

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

AWS

Git

Job description

Aquallite Data Ltd. is a startup building real‑time AI and sensor data solutions for autonomous vessels. We are launching a funded 9‑month R&D programme to translate research into scalable software and commercial products.

You will lead software engineering, guide architecture decisions with the CTO, and work closely with data science leads to implement production‑ready solutions in an unstructured startup environment. Edinburgh-based with part‑week in the office.