Senior Software Engineer

Ocho; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Ocho is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance robotics and AI software across embedded and edge environments. You will drive architecture decisions and build end-to-end systems from low-level control to simulation and AI-driven decision making.

You will collaborate with hardware and data science teams, applying AI/ML frameworks and leveraging Gazebo for simulation. A strong background in Python and C++, plus Raspberry Pi experience, is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python and C++.
• Solid grounding in software architecture principles.
• Hands-on experience developing for Raspberry Pi or similar platforms.
• Practical experience applying AI/ML frameworks to real-world problems.
• Comfortable working in Linux or macOS environments.
• Experience with Git and collaborative workflows.
• Right to work in UK.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop robust, production-quality software in Python and C++.
• Own software architecture decisions across the full stack, from embedded edge to higher-level logic.
• Develop and deploy software for Raspberry Pi and similar boards.
• Build and integrate simulation and visualization environments (Gazebo).
• Design and integrate AI/ML components for robotics and embedded systems.
• Optimize AI/ML models for edge hardware.
• Collaborate with hardware, robotics, data science, and QA teams.
• Write clean, tested code and participate in code reviews.
• Support debugging and performance optimisation across systems.
• Contribute to technical documentation and architectural decisions.

Skills

Python

C++

Software architecture

Embedded systems

Git

Linux/macOS

AI/ML frameworks

Raspberry Pi

Tools

Gazebo

Job description

Senior Software Engineer (Python / C++ | Robotics & AI)

• Senior-level role on a cross-functional robotics and autonomous systems engineering team
• Core stack: Python and C++, spanning embedded/edge through to AI/ML and simulation
• Full-time, hybrid, Ireland-based
• 60,000 - 95,000
• Rare opportunity to architect AI-driven software that operates in the physical world

About the Company

Our client is an engineering-led technology company working at the frontier of robotics, autonomous systems, and artificial intelligence. They build intelligent software across embedded and edge environments, bringing autonomous systems to life through close collaboration between hardware and software teams. This is an organisation where technical depth is genuinely valued and the problems you will tackle are novel by nature.

The Role

You will join a cross-functional engineering team building software that spans the full stack, from low-level embedded control through to simulation, visualisation, and AI-driven decision-making. This is a senior role with real architectural responsibility… you will work alongside hardware and robotics specialists to define how systems are designed, not just how they are implemented. The team is small enough that your decisions carry weight and the work is complex enough that they need to. If you are energised by applying AI and software engineering to systems that interact with the physical world, this is the kind of role that is genuinely difficult to find.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop robust, production-quality software systems in Python and C++
• Own and contribute to software architecture decisions across the full stack, from embedded edge devices to higher-level application logic
• Develop and deploy software for Raspberry Pi and similar single-board computing platforms
• Build and integrate simulation and visualisation environments, including tools such as Gazebo
• Design and integrate AI/ML components into robotics and embedded systems, covering perception, autonomy, decision-making, and predictive modelling
• Optimise AI/ML models for deployment on resource-constrained edge hardware
• Explore and apply generative AI and LLM-based tooling to development workflows and product features where appropriateCollaborate with hardware, robotics, data science, and QA teams to define technical requirements and system interfaces
• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code and contribute meaningfully to code reviews
• Support debugging and performance optimisation across software and hardware-integrated systems
• Contribute to technical documentation and architectural decision-making

What You'll Need

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with demonstrable seniority
• Strong proficiency in Python and C++
• Solid grounding in software architecture principles including design patterns, modularity, and scalability
• Hands-on experience developing for Raspberry Pi or similar embedded or single-board computing platforms
• Practical experience applying AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, or scikit-learn) to real-world problems
• Comfortable working in a Linux or macOS development environment
• Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows
• Right to work in UK

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of ROS or ROS 2
• Experience with simulation or visualisation tools such as Gazebo
• Familiarity with ArduPilot or the MAVLink protocol
• Experience deploying AI/ML models on edge or embedded hardware (model quantisation, TensorRT, ONNX, TFLite)
• Background in computer vision, sensor fusion, autonomous navigation, or unmanned vehicle systems (UAV, UGV, or USV)
• Experience integrating LLMs or generative AI tools into engineering workflows or products

Why Apply?

• £60,000 - £80,000 salary depending on experience
• Hybrid working arrangement, full-time
• Excellent benefits package
• Work on genuinely complex problems at the frontier of robotics, autonomy, and AI
• Technically ambitious team where architectural decisions are yours to shape
• Real-world impact… the software you build will operate in physical environments, not just on screens