Data / Software Engineer

About the role

As a Data / Software Engineer, you will own the end-to-end data pipelines and tooling supporting autonomous defence systems. You will design, build, and optimize scalable data architectures to capture, process, and analyze complex telemetry, sensor, and video data across multiple product lines. By automating data flows and creating high-performance internal tools, you will enable rapid decision-making, testing, and continuous deployment across all engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable data pipelines for real-time ingestion and processing of telemetry, sensor, and video data.
• Develop robust automation frameworks and internal tooling to stream data workflows across cross-functional STARK programs.
• Architect cloud infrastructure and data storage solutions leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP to ensure high availability and low latency.
• Collaborate with hardware, embedded, and software engineering teams to define data models, interface specs, and telemetry schemas.
• Optimize data processing pipelines for high throughput, memory efficiency, and sub-second execution in mission-critical environments.
• Implement comprehensive data quality, monitoring, and alerting systems to proactively detect anomalies and operational issues.
• Maintain rigorous software engineering standards, including unit testing, CI/CD practices, and clear technical documentation.

Required skills

• Python
• Rust
• Go
• Data pipelines
• Data processing
• Relational databases
• Non-relational databases
• Object storage
• AWS
• Azure
• GCP
• Cloud-native architectures
• Telemetry
• CI/CD
• Distributed systems

Nice to have

• Machine learning
• Data science
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Defense
• Aerospace
• Robotics

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in similar relevant roles
• Strong foundation in software engineering and distributed systems

About the Company

STARK is a defence technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures software-defined, mass-scalable, and cost-effective unmanned systems. The company focuses on providing operators with a decisive edge in contested environments and bolstering the technological capabilities of NATO Allies and their Partners.