Software Engineer (Internal Tooling)

Cambridge Aerospace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and stock

Private Medical & Dental

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace in Cambridge, United Kingdom, seeks an engineer for the Internal Tooling team. You will build tools and services to accelerate internal processes, interfacing with multiple departments and hardware teams, with fast feedback loops and a focus on resilience.

You will work across technologies, from full-stack web services to client-side tooling, designing complex systems and guiding others in best practices. Join a mission-driven, fast-paced engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python, C++, or TypeScript and related tools.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or similar SQL databases.
• Experience building serverless apps on AWS (S3, DynamoDB, Lambda).
• Experience containerizing applications with Docker.
• End-to-end development lifecycle from requirements to handover.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of cross-platform tooling and services.
• Develop and deliver robust solutions balancing quality and speed.
• Mentor and train team members on new tools.
• Collaborate with adjacent teams to build cross-team systems.
• Identify opportunities to expand tooling with new features.

Skills

Python

C++

TypeScript

Tools

PostgreSQL

Docker

AWS Lambda

Job description

As an engineer in the Internal Tooling team you will be building tools & services that accelerate the company’s processes where existing solutions are overly expensive, lacking features, or simply don’t exist.

Your users are our own colleagues, across engineering, manufacturing, and all other departments. Feedback loops are extremely fast; our work exists to enable the company to move faster and increase our resilience.

You will need to be comfortable working across a wide array of technologies, and picking up those which you are yet unfamiliar with. These may be full stack web services, or client side applications interfacing with custom hardware.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of complex multi-platform tools and systems


• Develop and deliver to your designs balancing quality and efficiency


• Training other members of the team using your skills and experience


• Work with your surrounding teams to design and develop cross-team systems


• Identify opportunities to enable the teams further with the introduction of new tools and features

Requirements

• Proficiency with one or more languages, such as Python, C++, TypeScript, or similar.


• Experience with Postgres or similar SQL Databases


• Experience building applications using serverless technologies such as AWS’s S3 buckets , DynamoDB tables, and Lambda functions


• Experience building containerized applications with Docker


• Experience designing complex applications from scratch


• Experience working in industry following industry expected standards: e.g. Git, project planning, agile workflows


• Experience in the end to end of application development: Requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, documentation, & handover

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience in the manufacturing and/or aerospace industry


• Experience working with Hardware or Embedded Software


• Experience building automated tests to catch bugs early in the development process


• Experience editing automated pipelines to improve the CI process for your projects


• Experience leveraging AI to accelerate your work while maintaining your knowledge base and work quality


• Experience working in a start-up or other fast paced engineering environment

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options


• Private Medical & Dental


• Cycle to work scheme

About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe. That risk comes from the air – low-cost drones and cruise missiles now manufactured in colossal volumes by our adversaries, ballistic missiles capable of ending the world as we know it, and a new generation of hypersonic weapons that evade every existing defence.

We’re building low-cost interceptors that defeat these threats, and the surveillance systems to detect and target them – at a cost taxpayers can afford, at the pace the threat demands, and with sovereign supply chains that assure delivery.

We have immense backing from the world’s best venture funds. We’re one of the fastest-growing defence technology companies in history. And we’re hiring the best engineers to prosecute the mission.

If you are in the top 1%, willing to work harder than you ever have, build technology better than anyone else, and contribute to the defining challenge of our time, now is the time to join us.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.