Mid-Level R&D Software Engineer, Sensat
£50-80k
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1-5 days a week in office
Visualisation for infrastructure projects
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Visualisation for infrastructure projects
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
£50-80k
More information about location
1-5 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
Sensat is empowering teams to reshape the built environment through cutting-edge geospatial solutions. We’re building a digital co-pilot for reshaping the physical world.
Role
Who you are
- Proven Experience: 2–5 years of commercial software development experience shipping reliable code, ranging from internal tools to production components
- A Polyglot Mindset: The ability to learn rapidly and move comfortably between languages and frameworks, selecting the best tool for each challenge
- Pragmatic Innovation: A "tech-first" approach to problem-solving, balanced with a deep understanding of user needs and product value
- Effective Communication: Skill in distilling complex technical concepts into clear, simple insights for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Adaptability: The resilience to thrive in fast-paced environments, with a comfort for managing ambiguity and shifting priorities
Desirable
- Hands on experience in AI/ML (e.g., using frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or consuming generative AI APIs)
- Familiarity with transformer-based models, diffusion models, or large foundation models applied to satellite imagery, UAV photogrammetry, or 3D point clouds
- Experience with generative AI APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Gemini, MidJourney) for spatial content generation or simulation
- Deep understanding of Geospatial data (e.g., Imagery, point clouds, photogrammetry)
- Knowledge of geospatial-specific frameworks such as RasterVision, TorchGeo, Geospatial AI Toolkits, GDAL or PDAL for processing imagery, point clouds, or LiDAR data
- Familiarity with 3D graphics or Computer Vision
- Broad experience across our existing stack (Go, Typescript, C++, AWS, GCP)
What the job involves
- As a Software Engineer in Sensat Labs, you’ll be at the forefront of Sensat’s innovation efforts
- This isn’t a typical feature-building role; your mission is to explore new technologies, test what’s possible, and show how these discoveries can deliver real-world value for our clients
- You’ll develop rapid prototypes and proofs-of-concept that turn ambitious ideas into tangible working prototypes
- While our core platform stack includes Python, Go, TypeScript, C++, GCP, and AWS, your greatest strength will be your polyglot mindset, knowing how to choose the right tool for the job and picking up new technologies quickly
- Your motivation comes from exploring new technology and carrying it all the way through to real, production-ready solutions for complex client problems
- You're comfortable with ambiguity and thrive on turning a "what if?" or is “Is it even possible?” into a tangible demo that can excite the entire business
- You enjoy learning from and sharing knowledge with your colleagues, and you'll collaborate across the company to showcase your work
- Research & Prototype: Evaluate emerging technologies—with a focus on GeoAI—to build functional prototypes for real-world geospatial applications
- Validate through POCs: Rapidly iterate on proofs-of-concept, using measurable data (accuracy, performance, and feedback) to validate new ideas
- Influence Strategy: Develop compelling demos and communicate technical findings to stakeholders to shape Sensat’s future product roadmap
- Bridge the Gap: Collaborate with product and engineering teams to transition successful R&D experiments into production-ready features
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Sensat creates digital twins, or digital representations of real world locations, to help users better understand the physical world. Choosing to target the historically non-innovative construction industry, the company has also received interest from other organisations, and it's likely that there are many possible applications yet to be considered.
Sensat's success so far has been clear. Its tech has been a central part of over £10.5 billion worth of major infrastructure builds, and it was the first company in the UK licensed to fly autonomous drones beyond visual line of sight over major motorways. In general, the company is considered ahead of the curve in construction-focused digital twin technology, and it will be interesting to see how it develops in the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2022
$20.5m
SERIES B
Mar 2022
$22.2m
SERIES B
Total funding: $57.8m
Company benefits
- 📈 When Sensat succeeds, so will you, with significant equity share options
- 🌴 Take a break using your 30 days of annual leave
- 🌍 Flexible working from anywhere in the world.
- 🎓 Continue learning every day through your £500 personal development fund
- 🥳 Regular social events! In the last 6 months, we’ve been to the theatre, racing around the tracks go-karting, had movie nights, watched the London Symphony Orchestra, had virtual horse racing and murder mystery... and not forgetting SenFest
- ❤️ We’ve got your back, be it access to mental health support, enhanced pay for those welcoming a new arrival, a health and wellbeing plan, we support you throughout your journey here
- 💻 We want to enable you to do your best work without having to think about whether your tech will work, so we'll set you up with a MacBook, mouse & keyboard
- 🖇 We'll help you furnish your home office with everything needed to set you up for success with our WFH accessories
- Lots more benefits including Cycle to work scheme, pension plans, season ticket loans, payroll giving.... oh and Noodle (the dog!)
Company HQ
Finsbury, London, UK
Leadership
Harry Atkinson
(Founder & CCO)Harry is leading the mission to 'digitise the world', creating a future where tech seamlessly integrates with our physical environment.
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