AddressJob Title: Research Software Engineer
Salary: £50'000 Per Annum
Location: Theale, Berkshire. UK (Hybrid up to 50% of the time).
You will be working for an international automotive company, that embraces inclusion in its various policies. While their contracts state that the hours are as required to fulfil the role with a minimum of 37 hours per week, they offer flexibility for when you work, provided there is no business requirement. Additionally, you can request to work from home for a maximum of 50% of the working days in any month, as long as there is no business requirement to attend the office.
The Emerging Technology Lab (ETL) is an integral part of the business. Their culture is rooted in collaborative innovation, creativity, kindness, mutual trust, and respect. They focus on applied research in multi-domain software technology, actively sensing global business challenges. Their key output is the creation of proof-of-concepts (PoCs) with the potential for integration into next-generation products, platforms, and services.
Their Approach:
- They actively engage with European technology, regulation, and standards ecosystems.
- While being a technology-centric team, they remain committed to a human-centred design process, continually assessing and aligning with future customer and business value propositions.
Research Focus: The successful candidate will join a forward-thinking team engaged in applied research on decentralization technologies, including Web3, Metaverse, Mixed Reality, and Artificial Intelligence. Your primary responsibility will involve hands-on development work to bring PoC ideas to life, collaborating with senior researchers. This role offers an opportunity to explore challenges within emerging technologies, applying deep programming language skills to real-world problems, and generating tangible outcomes encompassing both software and hardware components.
Ideal Candidate:
- You are a polyglot programmer or a generalist Software Engineer.
- You possess a robust understanding of mathematics and algorithms.
- Your mindset is curious and adaptable.
- You have expertise in identifying suitable technology options and iterating towards solutions for complex problems through coding a series of PoC applications.
- Leveraging programming languages, APIs, frameworks, and platforms to develop applications compatible with web, smartphones, and other emerging hardware is second nature to you.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
- University degree in a related field
- Demonstratable experience in R&D or strong development experience in technology, quantitative finance or opensource software community.
- Proven fundamental knowledge of programming languages like Rust, Swift, Haskell, Go etc.
- Experience that includes any Web3, Mobile, Cloud and similar application development frameworks and tools.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to document simple narratives to explain complex issues/systems and be able to adapt communication style to suit different audiences.
- Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Familiarity with software architecture design and software design patterns.
- Familiarity with Cryptography, Economics, Statistics, Distributed ledger technologies, protocols and algorithms.
- Experience with dApps, digital assets, tokenisation, DAO, and DeFi protocols.
- Experience with Cloud Native software development and cloud service providers e.g. AWS.
- Experience with UX/UI design, wireframing and prototyping tools, and accessibility requirements.
The role is a permanent position paying up to £50'000.
You will enjoy a 35-hour week and a hybrid working model which requires 50% of the working month based at the Theale office.
You will also experience all of the brilliant benefits that this client has to offer including;
An excellent working environment and 1 pm finish on a Friday!
To find out more, click apply now and upload your details today.
