2573 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Founding Engineer (C++/C)
£90,000 - 100,000
V7 Saxon Gate, Milton
£90,000 - 100,000
Requirements
Must:
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- Strong experience with compiler frameworks such as LLVM/Clang, Soot, WALA, Spoon, JavaParser, CodeQL, Infer, or Qodana.
- Background in program analysis, including static or dynamic analysis, reverse engineering, or code-understanding tooling.
- Strong engineering capability in C++ or Java (C++ is a priority; Java analysis is part of the future roadmap).
- Experience with frontend compiler tooling, AST manipulation, IR, code transformation, or similar.
- Background in automated software testing or building testing/analysis automation.
- Ability to tackle deeply technical problems with high levels of ownership and independence.
- Nice to have:
- Experience in organizations focused on compilers, code analysis, developer tooling, or embedded systems.
- Exposure to companies operating in the chip, systems, static analysis, or security tooling space.
- Knowledge of embedded or low-level systems engineering.
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Responsibilities
- Build, shape, and own the program-analysis core of our product.
- Collaborate closely with the founder, ensuring the architecture is scalable, performant, and extensible as the platform evolves.
- Define engineering standards, technical direction, and underlying architecture for complex analysis pipelines.
- Build and mature the platform’s compiler frontends and AST tooling.
- Implement scalable static and dynamic analysis techniques.
- Develop automated bug-finding, code quality checks, and safety tooling.
- Contribute to C/C++ reverse-engineering capabilities (with Java later).
- Design robust architectures for large-scale code analysis.
- Collaborate across interface, microservice, and platform-level components.
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Description
We offer you the chance to own and shape the core engine of a deep-tech developer tooling product. You will have founding-level influence on architecture, technical stack, and direction. You will tackle highly technical, research-level challenges that have a real-world impact, all while enjoying remote-first flexibility with potential future presence in Cambridge or London. We provide a competitive salary between £90,000 and £100,000, depending on your experience, as well as equity at the founding engineer level. Join a culture driven by innovation, academic rigor, and engineering excellence.
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