Senior Software Engineer

Octagon Group; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specialized in Rust to join their innovative team. This hybrid role involves developing advanced AI solutions, optimizing software for performance on unique hardware, and contributing to groundbreaking projects.

Qualifications

• Proven Rust programming experience.
• Experience with low-level programming languages (Rust, C, C++).
• MSc/PhD in a related scientific/engineering field.

Responsibilities

• Building software for machine learning tasks on FPGA-based hardware.
• Programming bespoke hardware accelerators for debugging and optimisation.
• Developing applications and runtime libraries for server CPUs.

Skills

Rust programming

Low-level programming

Functional programming

Education

MSc/PhD in a related scientific/engineering field

Job description

New hybrid Senior Software Engineer - Rust job based in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire!

We re looking for a talented Rust Senior Software Engineer to join a cutting-edge team based in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire developing real-world AI solutions - including ultra-low-latency speech recognition and large-scale foundation models.

This is a hybrid job, working 3 days per week on site in Cambridge.

Key responsibilities and requirements for the Senior Software Engineer job:

• Building the software that runs machine learning (ML) tasks quickly and efficiently on the FPGA-based hardware
• Program bespoke hardware accelerators and create tools for debugging, profiling and optimisation
• Develop efficient applications and runtime libraries for server CPU s

Key skills / experience required for the Senior Software Engineer job:

• MSc/PhD in a related scientific / engineering field
• Proven Rust programming experience using Rust
• Experience with low-level programming languages in general (e.g. Rust, C, C++) or functional programming languages (e.g. Haskell, OCaml, Nix)
  
  This is a great opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer to join a passionate team of engineers developing software systems that perform at scale and speed in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
  
  Apply now for the hybrid Senior Software Engineer job in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.