C++ Software Architect, Evolv Technology
$170-200k
+ Bonus + Equity
5 days a week in office (Waltham, MA)
AI-driven security screening & weapon detection
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AI-driven security screening & weapon detection
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$170-200k
+ Bonus + Equity
5 days a week in office (Waltham, MA)
201-500 employees
Company mission
Evolv Technology's mission is to make the world a safer place for people to gather.
Role
Who you are
- Are you passionate about designing high-performance, real-time systems that blend embedded Linux, machine learning, and sensor fusion?
- Evolv’s R&D team is seeking a visionary and hands-on C++ Software Architect to lead the architectural direction of our next-generation security products
What the job involves
- You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to shape the technical foundation of multiple software products, ensuring scalability, reliability, and innovation
- In the first 30 days, you will:
- Gain deep understanding of existing software architecture, system constraints, and product requirements
- Establish credibility with the engineering team by contributing high-quality code and participating in design/code reviews
- Begin identifying architectural risks and opportunities for improvement in current systems
- Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to align on architectural goals and priorities
- Review and document the current state of architecture across all relevant products
- Within 3 months, you will:
- Define and communicate a clear architectural vision and roadmap for real-time embedded Linux systems
- Lead the design of a modular, scalable architecture that supports machine learning and sensor data processing
- Implement foundational architectural components and frameworks to support future development
- Mentor engineers on architectural best practices, design patterns, and system-level thinking
- Establish architectural review processes and contribute to evolving coding standards and technical guidelines
- By the end of the first year, you will:
- Drive the successful architectural evolution of multiple software products, enabling faster development and improved system performance
- Lead cross-functional technical initiatives that span embedded software, machine learning, and hardware integration
- Serve as the technical authority for architectural decisions, balancing innovation with maintainability and performance
- Deliver measurable improvements in system scalability, reliability, and modularity
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, mentorship, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization
- Translate complex mathematical algorithms into optimized, production-ready C++ code
- Serve as a go-to technical mentor for the C++ team, helping to elevate the overall engineering skill level
- Lead at least one internal technical workshop or knowledge-sharing session
- Help define and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and best practices across the team
- Provide input into long-term architectural decisions and product roadmap planning
- Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and psychological safety
- Architect and design scalable, real-time embedded systems using C++ on Linux platforms
- Write and review high-performance, maintainable C++ code for core system components
- Translate complex system requirements and ML algorithms into robust software architecture
- Lead architectural discussions and decision-making across multiple product lines
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including ML, hardware, DevOps, and QA
- Define and enforce architectural standards, design patterns, and best practices
- Evaluate and integrate new technologies, tools, and frameworks to support product goals
- Guide the evolution of CI/CD pipelines and development workflows to support architectural goals
- Perform system-level performance analysis and optimization
- Document architectural decisions and maintain technical specifications
- Maintain and improve existing C++ codebase with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability
- Identify and resolve software defects and performance bottlenecks
- Participate in code reviews and mentor developers
- Contribute to system design and architecture discussions
- Support build automation and CI/CD pipelines
- Translate mathematical algorithms into optimal C++ code
- Build C++ software components that follow industry-standard design patterns, development methodologies, and deployment models
- Design and implement real-time systems with deterministic performance and low-latency requirements
- Develop multithreaded applications using modern C++ concurrency primitives, thread synchronization, and lock-free programming
- Integrate ML inference engines into fast-path pipelines with minimal latency impact while optimizing control software for embedded systems and real-time hardware interfaces
- Perform technical performance benchmarking and analyses to support engineering decisions
- Write clean, well-documented, and testable code
- Maintain quality throughout software development through peer code review, unit and functional testing
- You will be joining the C++ Software Development Team. This role reports to the VP of Software Engineering and you will join a team of 15 C++ engineers
- The team culture is one based on building trust, collaboration, on-going development through kindness, authenticity, courage, drive and fun!
Our take
Security screening systems are essential within venues such as concert halls, schools, and workplaces, but there are several problems with existing solutions. For example, lengthy queues and physically intimidating security checkpoints can taint visitor experiences, as well as cause congestion due to their inefficiencies.
Evolv Technology develops AI-driven screening systems, aiming to remove the tension, intimidation, and friction associated with security screening. It does this with a smart touchless screening sensor for weapon detection called Evolve Edge, in addition to an all-in-one venue security analytics platform called Evolv Express.
Whilst the company does face competition from similar security solutions at high-risk locations such as airports, its ability to serve a wide range of venues helps it stand out. It is no doubt Evolv has the ability to make spaces safer, though its past claims it made them "weapon-free" was challenged by a recent failure of its system to detect knives. It does, however, continue to innovate on its offering, and remains an attractive option in the space.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2020
$30m
SERIES C
Oct 2019
$24m
SERIES C
Total funding: $106.4m
Company benefits
- Equity
- Flexible work environment
- Unique culture
- Medical and dental insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Unlimited vacation policy
- Quarterly budget to spend on the perks that are most meaningful to you
Company HQ
Waltham, MA
Leadership
Anil Chitkara
(Chief Growth Officer)Experience as Vice President of PTC. Was also Senior Vice President of Market Development for Oco from 2007 to 2011.
Michael Ellenbogen
(Chief Innovation Officer)Experience as Vice President of Product and Business Development for Vivid Technologies. Was CEO and Founder of Reveal Imaging Technologies from 2003 to 2011.
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