Senior Software Engineer, Data Visualization & Graphics

techstack Recruitment; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension

Additional benefits

Job summary

techstack Recruitment is partnering with a London-based software leader to hire a Senior Software Engineer focused on Data Visualisation & Graphics. This hybrid role sits in London, with responsibilities spanning core charting features, rendering infrastructure, and performance-optimized systems.

You will work on Canvas, SVG, WebGL, and large datasets, shaping APIs and production releases in a small, highly expert team.

Qualifications

• Strong JavaScript or TypeScript engineering skills.
• Experience with Canvas, SVG, WebGL, graphics systems or rendering pipelines.
• Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and software architecture.
• Experience building complex software products rather than purely application-layer development.
• Exposure to languages such as C++, Java, C#, Rust, Go, or similar.
• Understanding of performance optimisation and rendering trade-offs.
• Appreciation of mathematical concepts underpinning data visualisation and graphics.
• Passion for engineering quality and technical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building core charting features used by developers around the world.
• Working across rendering, interaction, animation, and visualisation infrastructure.
• Solving performance-critical problems involving Canvas, SVG, and large datasets.
• Improving correctness, precision, and usability across a sophisticated charting platform.
• Designing APIs that are elegant, flexible, and easy for developers to adopt.
• Taking features from initial concept through to production release.
• Collaborating with a small team of highly experienced engineers building a market-leading product.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Canvas

SVG

WebGL

Performance optimization

Algorithms

Rendering pipelines

C++/Java/C#

Job description

techstack Recruitment is partnering with a London-based software leader to hire a Senior Software Engineer focused on Data Visualisation & Graphics. This hybrid role sits in London, with responsibilities spanning core charting features, rendering infrastructure, and performance-optimized systems.

You will work on Canvas, SVG, WebGL, and large datasets, shaping APIs and production releases in a small, highly expert team.