Senior Computer Vision Engineer (C++)

Bolt6; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports technology company in the UK is seeking a skilled individual to own and develop computer vision products. Responsibilities include troubleshooting cloud-based systems, optimizing C++ applications, and collaborating with teams to ensure project success. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in C++ systems and a passion for sports technology. Competitive salary and benefits package offered.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Health and wellbeing stipend

Competitive salary

Ownership and autonomy in work

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and shipping C++ systems in a cloud-based micro-service environment.
• Proficiency in computer vision techniques, including 3D geometry and SLAM.
• Strong communication skills to articulate technical concepts.

Responsibilities

• Own computer vision products from development to deployment.
• Ensure product reliability and resolve cloud-based system issues.
• Collaborate with Machine Learning team and product managers.

Skills

C++ systems development

Computer vision techniques

Strong communication skills

Project ownership

Tools

CUDA

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

About Us

We’re building the future of sport. Bolt6 is a sports technology company at the forefront of visual innovation - from real-time tracking and data overlays, to immersive broadcast graphics and AR experiences. We work across tennis, golf, motorsport, volleyball, and more; partnering with rights holders and broadcasters to elevate how sport is seen, understood, and enjoyed.

What You’ll Do

• Own Computer Vision Products End-to-End: You will own computer vision products throughout their entire lifecycle -from research and production-grade development to deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement.
  
• Maintain Reliability of Our Products: Sports happen in real time, and you will ensure our products deliver continuously. You will diagnose and resolve issues related to cloud-based micro-service systems.
  
• Optimise & Debug Real-Time CV Applications: You will find and optimisebottlenecks inside C++ apps both on CPU and GPU.
  
• Collaborate Across Teams: Work with our Machine Learning team, Product Managers, and Operations to ensure the project delivers within deadlines.
  
• Be a Part of Our Culture: Be proactive, ask for help and clarifications when needed. Lend a hand to your teammates, mentors those you can teach, make Bolt6 a better place.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven Experience Building and Shipping C++ systems: You have owned, shipped, and maintained a computer vision system in the past, ideally in a cloud-based micro-service environment.
• Proficiency in Computer Vision: 3D geometry for computer vision, SLAM, numerical optimisations, modern ML techniques. You must becomfortable integrating open-source code to tackle problems.
• Strong Communication Skills: You can explain technical concepts easily to our product managers, and are able to link those to product features and its delivery phases.
• Project Ownership: You don’t need to be told what to do. You take responsibility in your work in all stages, from building client confidence with proof-of-concepts, to maintaining reliability when it’s deployed.

Nice to Haves

• Experience in solving non-linear least square problems
• Experience in UI development e.g. ImGui
• Understanding of multithreading techniques
• Experience with GPU programming e.g. CUDA
• Experience with a messaging framework, e.g. NATS, RabbitMQ
• Experience working in and configuring cloud environments (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience working with software containers (Docker, Podman) and container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Docker Swarm

What We Offer

• High-impact projects that will appear on live television and be seen by thousands
• If you are looking for a company where you will be challenged, valued respected, with great compensation in a team that doesn’t play politics then this is the role for you
• Ownership and autonomy of your work
• The opportunity to work in sport at an elite level
• Support through learning and development tailored to your role
• We have supported a number of promotions as well as internal changes to help our top talent grow and stay engaged in their careers
• Bonus scheme
• Health and wellbeing stipend
• Competitive salary

Location

There is a choice between working remotely ±3 hours timezone from UK, or we also have offices in London and Winchester.