Software Engineer – Embedded Systems & Backend

About the role

Stark is seeking a versatile Software Engineer to specialize in embedded systems, backend development, and low-level communication services. You will drive the development of mission-critical deployment tools and build custom system overlays and hardware communication services for specialized operating systems. The role focuses on embedded software development, system-level integrations, and backend development using C++, Go, and Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead Developer for Production Deployment Tools: Maintain and evolve the primary production deployment tool built in Python, serving as the main technical point of contact and support lead for internal teams.
• Next-Gen Deployment Tooling: Architect and build the high-performance Go backend for the next generation of deployment tools.
• Custom OS Overlays: Actively contribute to the development of custom overlays for specialized operating systems.
• Design and implement communication services interfacing proprietary services.
• Collaborate with firmware and electronics teams to integrate and test microcontrollers, sensor boards, and autopilot hardware.
• Support driver compilation and communication bridges between Linux and MCU-level systems (UART, CAN, SPI, I²C).
• Set up and maintain automated GitLab CI/CD pipelines for code repositories, specifically tailored to the embedded overlay projects.
• Build Linux-derivative operating systems and their dependencies for ARM64 targets.
• Manage build automation for multi-architecture targets (AMD64/ARM64).

Required skills

• Python
• Go
• Embedded Linux
• OS overlays
• Hardware communication protocols
• GitLab CI/CD

Nice to have

• NVIDIA Jetson
• Raspberry Pi
• ARM64
• ROS 2
• GCP
• C++

About the Company

Stark is a defence technology company that develops autonomous defence platforms and advanced AI-driven software for NATO Allies and their partners.