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12 months contract/Onsite/Ether Cambridge or Bourne office (/52 pounds an hour Inside ir 35)
Contract Software Engineer – Data Collection Lab/Cambridge, UK onsite
Key Responsibilities
* Build and maintain software & systems that power data collection for VR/AR research, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and reliability.
* Collaboration with audio/video engineers, recording technicians, global software engineers, and interdisciplinary researchers.
* Develop software for prototype wearable devices used in VR/AR research.
* Optimize data collection workflows for efficiency, reliability, and accuracy.
* Work with multimodal recording equipment (audio, video, inertial sensors, etc.).
* Deploy, test, and evaluate distributed data collection platform upgrades.
* Build and maintain system monitoring & health-checking tools.
* Enhance tooling for data validation and processing.
* Debug onsite issues and perform root cause analysis.
* Collaborate with engineers on triage, design solutions, and work estimation.
* Promote best engineering practices across teams.
Required Qualifications
* BS in Computer Science (or related) or equivalent experience.
* 3+ years professional programming experience.
* Proficiency in Python (large projects).
* Strong skills with Linux & shell scripting.
* Experience with network maintenance & improvements.
* Familiarity with distributed, RESTful, and concurrent systems.
* Experience with FastAPI (or similar Python backend frameworks).
* Knowledge of time-synchronization concepts.
Desirable Qualifications
* Experience with hardware multimedia sensors.
* Understanding of audio, image, and video formats.
* Experience with databases: relational, graph, and NoSQL.
* Knowledge of testing frameworks & strategies (software & hardware).
* Familiarity with React (or similar frontend frameworks).
* Systems administration experience on Windows.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Software Development
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