Software Engineer– Data Collection and Engineering

Mackin Talent

Greater London

On-site

GBP 80,000 - 120,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare + pension

Laptop & phone

Leave allowance (25 days pro-rata)

Job summary

Mackin Talent is seeking a Software Engineer for the Data Collection and Engineering team based in Cambridge, UK. The role focuses on maintaining and expanding software for our data collection lab, including the Command and Control web interface and device controllers.

12-month duration with five days onsite at the Cambridge office. Responsibilities include building and validating data collection workflows, deploying upgrades, and ensuring system health.

Qualifications

BS Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
8+ years of professional programming experience.
Proficiency in Python for large projects.
Linux experience and shell scripting.

Responsibilities

Develop software to support data collection from prototype wearable devices.
Improve data collection lab software and the Command and Control web interface.
Deploy, test and evaluate upgrades to the distributed data collection platform.
Work onsite to debug problems and perform root cause analyses.
Collaborate with engineers to triage issues and design solutions.
Promote best practices across the engineering team and researchers.

Skills

Python

Linux

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

Time synchronization

Hardware sensors

Audio formats

Video formats

Databases

Testing frameworks

Windows administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

FastAPI

Job description

Software Engineer– Data Collection and Engineering

London, United Kingdom | Posted on 10/28/2026

Our client is looking for a Software Engineer – Data Collection and Engineering to join their team.

Duration - 12 months

Location - 5 days onsite , office in central Cambridge and Bourn Quarter

Software engineer required to maintain and expand the software and systems for our data collection lab inCambridge, UK. The role will involve: enhancing the Command and Control web interface; building controllersfor cutting-edge devices and managing the data coming from them; validation and post-processing of collecteddata; (re-)configuration of the data collection system data.

Responsibilities

Developing software to work with cutting-edge prototype wearable devices.
Making the data collection process efficient, reliable and accurate.
Working with recording equipment for audio, video, inertial measurements and other modalities.
Deploying, testing and evaluating upgrades to the distributed data collection platform.
Building and maintaining systems for monitoring system health.
Enhancing tooling for the validation and processing of data.
Working onsite to debug problems and performing root cause analyses.
Working with other engineers to triage issues, design solutions and estimate work.
Promoting best practices across the community of engineers and researchers.

Requirements

BS Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
8+ years of professional programming experience.
Demonstrated proficiency in working with large projects in Python.
Proficiency in Linux and shell scripting.
Skills in maintaining and improving networks.
Experience with cross-platform distributed (RESTful) and concurrent systems.
Experience with FastAPI, or similar backend frameworks in Python.
Working knowledge of time-synchronization.Desirable:
Experience working with hardware multimedia sensors.
Working knowledge of audio, image and video formats.
Experience with relational and graph/NoSQL databases.
Experience with software and hardware testing frameworks and strategies.
Experience with systems administration on Windows.