Software Engineer

Ignite Placements; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A small, innovative startup based in the UK is looking for a software developer to enhance their open core platform. You will be working on coding, producing documentation, and contributing ideas to improve user experiences. Ideal candidates will hold a strong academic background in a scientific area and have proficiency in Java.

Qualifications

• Strong academic background in any numeric or scientific discipline.
• Proficiency in Java, not enterprise-focused.
• Experience with socket-level network programming.

Responsibilities

• Contribute improvements and new features to the open source codebase.
• Write efficient, robust, and well-tested code.
• Produce documentation and tutorials.

Skills

Java

Socket-level network programming

Independent thinking

Education

Strong academic background in numeric or scientific discipline

Job description

- Contribute improvements and new features to the open source codebase.

- Write efficient, robust, and well-tested code.

- Produce documentation and tutorials for the platform.

- Work proactively; identify problems or opportunities and propose solutions or enhancements.

Job Requirements

Strong academic background in any numeric or scientific discipline.

Proficiency in Java. Note: This is not an enterprise Java role, and experience with Spring or similar frameworks is not required.

Experience with socket-level network programming (not necessarily in Java).

Independent thinker willing to propose ideas and improvements.

About the Company

The company is the first provider of an open core platform that enables Continuous Intelligence at scale. It helps organizations transform business operations by augmenting human decision-making with accurate, relevant data from real-time and contextual sources. Designed with humans in mind, their products facilitate real-time decision processes.

Founded in 2015, with offices in Campbell, CA, and Cambridge, UK, the company is a small, early-stage Silicon Valley startup with a client list including multiple Fortune 100 companies.