Senior AI-Driven DevTools Architect for C++

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work location

Remote work up to 30 days per year

Medical insurance allowance

Learning and development opportunities

Relocation support

Language classes

Lunch allowance

Mental health support

Sports stipend

Internal events

Job summary

Unknown company is seeking a senior technical leader to shape the future of AI-powered workflows for CLion and C++ development. The role is hands-on, focusing on prototyping, implementing, and validating AI-powered workflows while defining technical direction across IDE architecture and product strategy.

You will work at the intersection of developer tools, AI agents, and C++ ecosystem strategy, collaborating with product, ML, and QA teams to deliver a roadmap aligned with the company’s AI

Qualifications

• Significant software engineering experience in senior technical roles such as Staff/Principal Engineer or Technical Lead.
• Strong experience with Kotlin, Java, or other JVM languages.
• Experience building AI-powered developer tools, coding assistants, or LLM-based workflows.
• Familiarity with AI agent integrations, tool calling, context management, MCP, and evaluation techniques.
• Track record of driving technical direction in ambiguous and rapidly evolving areas.
• Strong product instincts with a balance of innovation and delivery.
• Excellent communication and influence without formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver AI-powered features for CLion and C++ development workflows.
• Design architecture for AI integrations, agent tools, and C++-specific AI capabilities.
• Build practical benchmarks and evaluation frameworks for AI-assisted C++ development scenarios.
• Prototype and validate new AI workflows, including debugging, code understanding, refactoring, and project navigation.
• Collaborate with product managers, ML engineers, QA engineers, stakeholders, and senior developers to shape and deliver the roadmap.
• Work closely with the company AI, ML, and product teams to help define the AI strategy for the C++ ecosystem.
• Evaluate and prioritize AI initiatives, bringing new ideas and proposals that align with the broader company AI strategy.
• Contribute hands-on to technical design, software architecture, and implementation in a large, mature codebase.
• Help define a technical roadmap for AI agent and tool integrations in C++ development workflows.
• Build trust and alignment across the C++ ecosystem, AI, Product, QA, and ML organizations.

Skills

Staff Engineer

Technical Lead

Principal Engineer

Leadership

Kotlin

Java

AI-powered products

C++ development

Tools

IDE internals

Language servers

Debuggers

Static analysis

AI agents

Job description

Unknown company is seeking a senior technical leader to shape the future of AI-powered workflows for CLion and C++ development. The role is hands-on, focusing on prototyping, implementing, and validating AI-powered workflows while defining technical direction across IDE architecture and product strategy.

You will work at the intersection of developer tools, AI agents, and C++ ecosystem strategy, collaborating with product, ML, and QA teams to deliver a roadmap aligned with the company’s AI