Software Developer / Architect

Silicon Grid Ltd

Software Developer / Architect

£60000

Silicon Grid Ltd, City Centre, Manchester

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 16 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 6dd68f6d91794f52bdd188d55f168aef

Full Job Description

We're seeking an experienced hands-on developer / architect to support our fast-growing business.

Our ideal candidate has a strong technical foundation in secure, scalable, real-time, redundant and reliable enterprise solutions with clear vision and drive. This is a very exciting and rewarding opportunity to work with like-minded developers on designing new solutions for an expanding global platform.

Responsibilities are expected to include:

  • Design and develop software in a multi-machine environment as part of our Constellation analysis and control platform

  • Work with the rest of the team to deliver a robust and scalable technology platform.

  • Understand requirements end to end from technical and business views and translate them into platform solutions.

  • Automated build and test suite to ensure system reliability

  • Continuously learn and keep up to date with the latest technologies and be able to pick the right one to solve client's problem.

  • Contribute to development standards, processes, security policies, tools

    Expert in the C++ programming language with at least 5 years experience

  • Development on Linux platforms

  • Experience in designing and delivering scalable software projects

  • RESTful API, HTTP and socket based communications

  • Strong desire to learn new technologies, skills, and domains of knowledge.

  • Passionate about delivering robust solutions with intuitive user interfaces

  • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Commercial awareness and clarity to streamline and reduce costs


  • You do not need to have all the experience listed above but you need clear technical analysis and an aptitude to adopt new technologies

    Nice to have:
  • POSTGRES or similar database application experience

  • AWS setup and environments

  • Familiarity with the Qt toolkit

  • MQTT and IoT experience

  • Javascript and client-side applications

  • A knowledge of Docker and/or Podman

  • Experience working in a hybrid environment - distributed team

  • Strong experience or desire for client engagement, taking solutions to client and listening