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Lead C++ Software Engineer | £50-65k | Bath, UK

Looking to step up to technical leadership, joining a software provider that's applying AI to large-scale network planning and optimisation?

We're seeking a lead engineer colleague to guide the talents of 5-7 software engineers as we work to solve interesting problems around network planning, visualisation and real-time optimisation.

Reporting to our VP of Engineering and - supported by him on team leadership, staff development and software delivery planning aspects while getting used to your new responsibilities - this is a role where you’ll still code for the majority of your time. There's plenty of R&D time and we have lots of fresh code to write.

We aren't expecting prior knowledge of our domain. What's more important is your ability to deliver high quality software by guiding your team members on good engineering practices, helping them fulfil their potential and ensuring we deliver reliably on rapidly evolving customer objectives and priorities.

We have a flat hierarchy, and we debate openly and with good engineering rigour. We're continually iterating our processes and we’ll welcome your input. Now is a great time to join us, making a positive impact and progressing your own skills and personal development.

Upcoming initiatives

• Evolving our core architecture to scale horizontally and take advantage of GPUs where applicable
• Adopting C++14 across all our supported platforms as and when compiler support is available

About you

● You're smart and you get things done
● You bring advanced C++ skills, and you feel ready to mentor less experienced colleagues
● You can soon take responsibility for your team’s delivery of software as forecasted
● You champion best practice and you enjoy supporting others with technical guidance and code reviews
● You’re also comfortable supporting technical dialogue with customers, sometimes in person
● You have a strong knowledge of algorithms, OOD, design patterns, threading, cross-platform development, and relevant libraries such as STL or Boost
● You may be considering technical lead or team leader level C++ jobs in Bath such as: Lead C++ Developer | Lead C++ Software Engineer | Lead Back End C++ Developer | Software Team Leader | Lead Engineer

We'll help you get up to speed on our current systems

C++11 | C++14 | STL | Boost | QT | Python | Flask | JavaScript | Bootstrap | Jenkins | automated testing and builds | MongoDB | Git | SVN | AWS | telecoms and networking protocols; MPLS, GMPLS, IP and Ethernet | Unix | Linux | OSX | Windows Server | open source | and more

Salary and benefits

• £50,000 - £65,000 + negotiable
• Personal development plan
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays | pension, starting January 2017 | flexible hours | workstation and development environment of your choice | free parking | bike racks | shower | good coffee | fresh fruit | office social events | time to attend conferences

About us

Our sophisticated software helps service operators such as BT, Facebook and Level 3 to understand what's happening on their networks and - applying principles from artificial intelligence, Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualisation - we help them optimise network resources in real-time. We're a growing team of 19 people, with a positive start-up culture. We're backed by British VC funding, and customer revenues have doubled year-on-year. We innovate continually and have filed 11 patents in the past 12 months. We have a new management team and we're looking forward to you joining us as we build the future of our business.

Location

Central Bath - ten minutes' walk from Bath Spa station

Even if your CV isn't ready, please be in touch with techfolk, our recruitment partner, to find out more:

0117 318 2447 | [email protected] | @we_are_techfolk
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