Software Engineer - AI-Driven Cloud & Quantum-Safe

Arqit Limited; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arqit Limited in Belfast is seeking talented software engineers to join a fast-moving product team building quantum-safe encryption solutions. You will contribute to design and code across significant system components, collaborating with architects and senior developers.

We embrace AI tooling across the development lifecycle, focusing on solving tough design problems and delivering high-quality software to customers within rapid iterations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building horizontally scalable, mission-critical enterprise software.
• Experience with hybrid architectures and cloud IaaS/PaaS.
• Familiarity with AI coding companions and AI tooling in the SDLC.
• Deep knowledge of Java, Kotlin, Rust, Python or C++.
• Strong communication, autonomy, and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Joining a fast-moving product team where code ships to customers within weeks.
• Refining definitions and designs for significant system components ready for implementation.
• Embracing AI tooling across the software development lifecycle, from design to deployment.
• Monitoring production changes and addressing issues to ensure resiliency and performance.
• Responding quickly to issues flagged by internal teams or customers.
• Working within an agile methodology, delivering value in short, iterative cycles.

Skills

Cloud scalability

Distributed systems

Inter-team communication

Autonomy

Adaptability

Analytical thinking

Tools

Containers

Virtualization

AI tooling

Cross-platform development

Job description

Arqit Limited in Belfast is seeking talented software engineers to join a fast-moving product team building quantum-safe encryption solutions. You will contribute to design and code across significant system components, collaborating with architects and senior developers.

We embrace AI tooling across the development lifecycle, focusing on solving tough design problems and delivering high-quality software to customers within rapid iterations.