Senior Software Engineer

Overview

Job Role: Senior Software Engineer

Location: Edinburgh / Towcester

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: Permanent

Salary: Depending on Experience

You will work as part of a small, focused team responsible for developing and supporting a complex software platform used across multiple hardware products. The role spans the full software development lifecycle—from requirements analysis and system design through implementation, verification, release, documentation, and post-delivery support—within a structured, quality-driven engineering environment.

The position involves development across multiple layers of the software stack, including low-level bootloaders and Linux kernels, hardware interfacing and management services, system-level Linux applications, networking and control protocols, and user-facing interfaces. You will also contribute to maintaining and improving development tooling, CI pipelines, and automated test infrastructure.

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded and GNU/Linux-based software for networking and systems products.
• Act as a software representative within cross-functional product development teams.
• Lead the delivery of new software features from initial concept and requirements through to release.
• Create and maintain test specifications and automated test scripts to support development and release activities.

• Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Strong proficiency in C within a GNU/Linux development environment.
• Proven experience delivering software across the full development lifecycle.
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python and Bash.
• Experience developing software that uses networking technologies and protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, Ethernet).
• Working knowledge of configuration management, version control, and CI/CD tools.
• Exposure to Agile or iterative development methodologies.

If this is of interest to you, please forward your updated CV to (url removed)