Lead Software Developer
Location: Brentwood (2-3 days a week onsite)
Employment: 6-12 months minimum contract
About Ovyo
Ovyo is a B2B services company providing flexible engineering teams and talent solutions to the streaming, media, satellite, and communications industries. With a global presence across multiple locations (UK, India, Portugal, South Africa, Brazil, US, and Eastern Europe), we deliver a mix of long-term client engagements and shorter consulting projects. Our teams build the platforms that shape how the world consumes video and connects, rapidly accelerating both industry experience and career growth
About Role
The role requires a high-caliber, hands-on Lead Software Developer specializing in embedded software architecture and broadband technologies. Acting as a strategic technical authority, you will manage complex software development projects and programs, drive modern engineering best practices, and lead small engineering teams. This position blends deep low-level networking and platform development (RDK-B/OpenWRT) with data-driven cloud analytics, ensuring high-quality, resilient software releases across millions of production edge devices
Responsibilities
* Project & Technical Leadership: Directly manage projects and programs within embedded software development; mentor engineering teams, drive technical decision-making, and effectively communicate complex technical concepts to broader stakeholders
* Broadband Platform Delivery: Drive the development, enhancement, and troubleshooting of E2E issues across core broadband components and architectures, including Wi-Fi/Mesh, DOCSIS, Fiber, and LTE access network technologies
* E2E Component Diagnostics: Review source code and analyze system traces, networking protocols, and packet captures to isolate root causes and resolve complex field issues
* DevOps & Tooling Innovation: Architect DevOps solutions and design internal operational tools to optimize system delivery, metrics tracking, and platform efficiency
* Telemetry & Data-Driven Insights: Leverage cloud-based tools (AWS S3, Athena, QuickSight) to analyze device telemetry, building anomaly detection techniques and performing global metric comparisons across hardware modeis
* Release Excellence: Ensure timely, high-quality software releases across diverse device fleets by managing defect-tracking processes, metrics dashboards, and critical alerting systems
Requirements
* Embedded Software & Language Breadth: Deep proficiency in programming languages including C, C++, Rust, and Python within native Linux environments
* Broadband Technology Expertise: Strong hands-on engineering experience with broadband technology platforms, specifically RDK-B and OpenWRT
* Networking & Open Source: Solid understanding of advanced networking protocols and standards, alongside a proven track record of contributing to and navigating open-source software and upstream development processes
* Leadership & Team Mentorship: Demonstrated experience running technical programs, making high-level architectural decisions, and leading or mentoring a team of engineers
* Data, Analytics & Monitoring: Technical experience utilizing SQL/Amazon Athena alongside log management and observability tools like Elastic Stack (ELK), Splunk, and Grafana
* Core Toolkit: Complete comfort with modern Source Control Management (Git & GitHub) and defect management systems (Jira)
* Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate technical strategies and convince others of their merits