Deployed Software Engineer (Hiring Immediately)

About Arondite

Arondite enables organisations to wield autonomy, data and AI at scale. We equip operators with the foundational software to orchestrate their mix of platforms and capabilities, and then take mission-critical decisions faster than their adversaries.

We exist to ensure the UK and its allies out-think, out-pace and out-adapt those who seek to threaten our values and way of life. Our technology is designed for deployment in the world’s most austere environments, and is relied upon by the world’s most demanding operators. We deploy alongside them, bringing our technical expertise wherever it is needed.

You will join Arondite at a pivotal moment in the company’s journey. We are ambitious, building for the long-term and backed by globally renowned investors including Index Ventures (Anthropic, Wiz, Figma, Revolut). Our company is being built by exceptional engineers - people who find high-impact and technically challenging work engaging and exciting, and who consistently deliver outsized impact. You will collaborate with other brilliant minds to solve some of the world’s hardest and most important problems.

You will have ownership and autonomy from Day One. There is no corporate ladder at Arondite. From your first day, you will directly influence the design, functionality, and direction of Arondite’s product offering. We hire the best people and give them extremely high levels of autonomy; the sky is the limit for an individual with the right ambition.

If you are motivated by our mission and if you want to be part of a growing team of outstanding people, then we want to hear from you.

About the role

We work closely alongside our customers to deploy our technology. As a Deployed Software Engineer at Arondite, you'll be responsible for implementing our technology with customers so that it effectively solves their real-world problems. You’ll collect feedback from end users and work with the wider engineering team to contribute back to the development of core product features.

You'll often need to travel to customer locations in the UK and across the world. The locations could be their offices, or they could be at testing or exercise sites “in the field”. Once there you’ll need to figure out unfamiliar systems, engage directly with users and deploy Arondite's products by writing code that solves their use cases.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Travelling to customer sites to meet users and understand their use-cases
• Deploying our products into customer environments
• Writing code to connect up data sources and to solve specific customer problems
• Interfacing with and testing autonomous and robotic systems in the field
• Iterating with customers to refine the implementation to maximise user value
• Collaborating with other deployed engineers with diverse skill sets, including AI/ML, networking, and robotics
• Driving a culture of excellence within the deployed team and the wider company

Requirements

You should have:

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical/scientific subject
• Strong core programming skills in either
• Server-side languages such as C++, Java, Rust or Python, OR
• Front-end development in TypeScript or JavaScript, using frameworks such as Angular or React
• A deep enthusiasm for expanding your knowledge of a diverse technology stack
• Strong customer-facing communication skills
• Willingness to travel and work on-site with customers

Ideally, you would also have:

This is not an additional list of requirements; this reflects the tech stack currently used at Arondite; any experience in these areas is a bonus

• Understanding of working on embedded / resource constrained devices
• Experience of working with legacy systems
• Experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL
• Experience of machine learning applications
• Passion for/experience working with hardware

Note: We want Arondite to bring together individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We don't expect everyone to have experience across each of these areas. Please apply even if you only partially fulfil this list.

Deployed work at Arondite

All 'deployed' roles at Arondite involve working closely with customers at their UK locations, and when they go abroad. This can mean being away from our office for between 1 and 4 days a week on a regular basis, or going abroad for up to 2 o]]> <