IQGeo

Principal Software Architect

IQGeo

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Paris • France

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsETL

About the role

  • Define the system architecture and create initial prototypes.
  • Work with teams to build a product running at scale in tier 1 telcos globally.
  • Solve system-of-systems problems in computer vision, AI/ML reasoning, and sensor data ingestion.
  • Collaborate closely with a Principal Product Manager for product vision and goals.
  • Deliver initial prototype in 3 months, alpha version in 6 months, and a live customer in 12 months.

Requirements

  • Experience in building large-scale distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
  • Complex data pipelines, ETL/ELT, and real-time streaming frameworks.
  • Sensor-driven computing: computer vision, telemetry systems, OTDR/test equipment data, geospatial data.
  • Knowledge graphs, graph databases, semantic/ontology-based modelling, or advanced schema-driven systems.
  • Designing architectures that unify heterogeneous data sources into coherent decision-making frameworks.
  • Experience of building systems on at least one major cloud vendor’s platforms (AWS preferred).
  • Performance and scale: demonstrable experience of architecting and building systems that can ingest and process millions of events per day.
  • Hands-on: enjoy writing code and building prototypes, as well as helping to guide others in the productization phase.
  • Comfortable with uncertainty: a lot can be unknown to solve.
  • Ability to lead and influence with a track record of working with multiple engineering teams to deliver complex products.
  • Communication: ability to debate and present to varying audiences.
  • Curiosity: a willingness to learn across different domains (AI, fibre networks, etc.).
  • Willingness to travel to other IQGeo offices (Denver, Ghent, Paris) for approximately one week per quarter.
  • Fluent written and spoken English.
Benefits
  • 25 days of paid holiday, with the opportunity to purchase further days up to a total of 30.
  • Paid charity/volunteering day each year.
  • Company-matched pension contributions of up to 6% base salary.
  • IQGeo SHINE employee ownership program.
  • Private medical insurance.
  • Health cash plan.
  • Company life assurance (4 x gross salary).
  • Incapacity benefit.
  • Enhanced maternity leave policy (full-pay 3 months, then half-pay 3 additional months, then 15 weeks of SMP), after 2 years of service.
  • EV company car scheme (salary sacrifice).
  • Cycle scheme (salary sacrifice).
  • Give as you earn charity scheme.
  • Mentor program.
  • Home office support for remote workers.
  • Flexible Working
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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