Senior C++ Platform Engineer — Real-Time Systems & ML

Evolv Technologies, Inc.; Waltham, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with match

Unlimited vacation

Tuition reimbursement

Calm subscription

Job summary

Evolv Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced principal software engineer to provide technical leadership across embedded, real-time, and computer-vision focused software. You will mentor developers, review architecture, and drive platform strategy for scalable product families.

The role blends hands-on coding with design leadership in a fast-paced, high-impact R&D environment at Evolv’s headquarters in Massachusetts, with occasional remote work.

Qualifications

• Strong C++ expertise for production-grade systems.
• Experience with embedded, real-time software and computer vision is required.
• Proven ability to mentor and lead software engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve high-performance C++ codebase.
• Lead design and implementation of multi-product platforms.
• Drive performance benchmarking and optimization initiatives.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead internal technical workshops.
• Collaborate across SQA, DevOps, and hardware teams.

Skills

C++

Real-time systems

Embedded software

Mentoring

Architectural design

Performance optimization

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Debugging

Job description

Evolv Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced principal software engineer to provide technical leadership across embedded, real-time, and computer-vision focused software. You will mentor developers, review architecture, and drive platform strategy for scalable product families.

The role blends hands-on coding with design leadership in a fast-paced, high-impact R&D environment at Evolv’s headquarters in Massachusetts, with occasional remote work.