Senior Software Engineer

Nokia; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive innovation in AI and data-driven applications. With over a decade of experience, you will be instrumental in architecting scalable systems and mentoring a talented team. This role offers the chance to lead technical initiatives, optimize cloud infrastructure, and contribute to groundbreaking projects that enhance business value. Join a forward-thinking company committed to creating inclusive technology solutions that impact lives positively, while enjoying continuous learning and well-being programs designed to support your growth.

Benefits

Continuous learning opportunities

Well-being programs

Employee resource groups

Mentoring programs

Diverse teams with an inclusive culture

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering with a focus on AI/ML systems.
• Expertise in building scalable data processing pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement scalable AI systems and data pipelines.
• Lead technical decisions for cloud-native infrastructure.

Skills

Python

C++

Java

JavaScript

Azure

Kubernetes

SQL

NoSQL

Linux Administration

Data Processing

Education

Master in Computer Science

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Tools

Azure Cloud

DevOps

DataOps

MLOps

LLMOps

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Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer with deep expertise in building and deploying AI and data-driven applications at scale. The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of hands-on experience architecting, developing, and maintaining enterprise-level data and AI systems. You will play a key role in shaping our technical direction, mentoring team members, and delivering robust AI solutions that drive business value.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer with deep expertise in building and deploying AI and data-driven applications at scale. The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of hands-on experience architecting, developing, and maintaining enterprise-level data and AI systems. You will play a key role in shaping our technical direction, mentoring team members, and delivering robust AI solutions that drive business value.

How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn

• Architect and implement scalable AI systems and data processing pipelines, including the transformation of research prototypes into production-ready solutions.
• Lead technical decisions for cloud-native infrastructure, data and AI/ML workloads, ensuring system reliability, performance, and cost optimization.
• Design and maintain high-performance APIs, services, and data workflows that power AI-driven features.
• Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems for both infrastructure, data pipeline and ML models.
• Establish and enforce best practices for infrastructure-as-code, security, compliance, and disaster recovery.
• Drive architectural improvements and modernization initiatives across the technology stack.
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, mentorship, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and implement robust solutions across the entire stack.
  
  

Key Skills And Experience

You have:

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with proven success in building large-scale data and AI/ML systems.
• Master in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Ph. D. preferred).
• Expert-level programming skills in languages such as Python, C++, Java and JavaScript.
• Extensive experience with Azure cloud platform and their services, including infrastructure-as-code and DevOps, DataOps, MLOps and LLMOps practices.
• Strong background in distributed systems, microservices, and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Demonstrated expertise in data architecture, including both SQL and NoSQL databases, data processing, and streaming systems.
• Proficiency in infrastructure management, including networking, security, monitoring and Linux administration.
• Strong leadership abilities with experience in mentoring teams and driving technical initiatives.
  
  

It would be nice if you also had:

• Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or related field, with focus on Machine Learning/AI.
• Track record of building and maintaining ML platforms, including automated pipelines and monitoring systems.
• Significant contributions to open-source projects or technical communities.
  
  

About Us

Come create the technology that helps the world act together

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.

We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work

What we offer

Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark
  
  

At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Nokia’s employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.

Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.

About The Team

Nokia Technologies is licensing Nokia intellectual property, including patents, technologies, and the Nokia brand, building on Nokia’s continued innovation and decades of R&D leadership in technologies deployed in virtually all connected

devices used today. Come join us and make an impact!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting and Telecommunications

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