IoT / Cloud Software Engineer - Contract
Hybrid
Oxford, United Kingdom
Freelance
26-02-2025
Job Specifications
Archangel Lightworks is a connectivity company building wireless technology to create the space-enabled networks of the future. We’re passionate about improving humanity’s communications infrastructure and solving some of Earth’s most critical problems from economic inclusion to climate change. Our start-up is a fast-paced and supportive environment, where you can make your mark as part of a growing team and work on the cutting-edge of innovation.
We’re looking for a software engineer to help our experienced engineering team to deliver transformative laser communications technology. You will be responsible for connecting our ground stations to the cloud, enabling remote operations and interfacing with wider satellite and communications systems. In this role, you will work closely with the other parts of our software team and our systems engineering team.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
Connecting optical ground stations to cloud services
Delivering dashboards and user interfaces for remote operation of ground stations
Developing and deploying APIs and algorithms for interactions with external systems
Defining and implementing cloud architecture and services for new communications products
Requirements
Experience of IoT systems integration, protocols, and services, including gRPC and MQTT
Cloud architecture and service implementation, including dashboards, databases, APIs, security / authentication for IoT systems
Linux Development with Python
At least 5 years commercial experience
Desirable Additional Skills
Service deployment, including IaC, containers, Docker etc
WAN networking and network performance modelling / optimisation
CI/CD pipelines, GIT version control, scripting, automation
Experience and interest in space industry
System modelling, including Matlab / Simulink
AI / ML, particularly for optimisation
Location: Hybrid with travel when required. Our office is based in Osney Mead, Oxford.
About the Company
Archangel Lightworks is a laser communications company building high-volume, secure, wireless technology to create the space-enabled networks of the future. Today, space and terrestrial networks are not well-connected leading to insecure, insufficient, and vulnerable infrastructure. Nearly 3 billion people are unconnected and many more are under-connected. Subsea cables, which form the backbone of global network infrastructure, are at risk from climate disaster and bad actors. Links between satellites, which offer an oppo... Know more
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