Role: Senior Platform Engineer – Embedded Systems
Sector: Deep Tech / Autonomous Systems
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: €70,000–€90,000
Contract Type: Direct employment with our client
Location: Madrid – Hybrid
Language: Professional English required
Visa sponsorship is not available for this role

Our partner is a fast-growing Deep Tech company developing complex autonomous systems that combine software, embedded technology and physical products.

They already have two working codebases: embedded software running on the physical product and ground-station software used by operators. The technology works. The next challenge is making it production-ready and scalable for deployment into real customer environments.
They are now looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to own that transition.

This is not a traditional Platform Engineering role focused on Kubernetes, Terraform and cloud infrastructure. You’ll work across Software Engineering, Platform/Release Engineering and Embedded Systems, building the processes and infrastructure required to test, release, deploy and safely update the product.

You won’t be maintaining an established Platform function. You’ll be helping build and professionalise it.

What we are looking for

5–8 years of experience across Software, Platform, Release or Embedded Engineering
Strong Python and comfortable working with C++
Previous experience taking real software from prototype/early-stage to production
Strong CI/CD experience across complex, non-trivial systems
Automated testing, integration testing, benchmarking and release processes
Experience deploying software beyond traditional cloud/SaaS environments
Experience with embedded systems, physical devices,



on-premise environments or restricted networks
Strong understanding of production-quality software, APIs, module boundaries and code architecture
Experience restructuring or improving existing production codebases
Comfortable taking ownership of complex technical problems with no existing playbook
Professional level of English

Nice to have

Experience with robotics, IoT, autonomous systems, automotive, aerospace, medtech or other embedded products
OTA or signed software update systems
Artifact signing, atomic deployments, rollback and partial updates
AWS or other cloud infrastructure for simulation, testing and deployment
Experience building automated benchmark and integration testing infrastructure
Software security experience within embedded or connected products
Experience working with regulated or on-premise customer environments
Familiarity with the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) or similar assurance frameworks
Previous experience in Deep Tech, defence or an early-stage technology company

What you’ll be doing

Taking two existing codebases and helping turn them into scalable, production-grade systems
Designing and operating CI/CD pipelines across the full software stack
Building automated testing and benchmarking that identifies regressions before software reaches customers




Creating reliable deployment processes for embedded products and customer environments
Designing secure software delivery, including packaging, signing, OTA updates, rollback and telemetry
Ensuring software changes can be properly tested and benchmarked in simulation before deployment
Refactoring and improving existing code across multiple repositories
Improving APIs, service layers and software architecture
Improving engineering quality, scalability, reliability and security
Working with cloud infrastructure where required for simulation, testing and deployment
Working closely with the engineering leads and taking ownership of the platform layer

What success looks like

During your first year, you’ll help establish the engineering foundation for the next stage of the product:

Both core codebases running through robust CI/CD and automated testing
Automated benchmarks capable of quickly identifying performance regressions
A reliable and secure software deployment and update process from development through to customer environments
OTA / signed deployment with observability, rollback and recovery built in
A repeatable deployment process that can scale as new customers are onboarded

This role will suit someone who enjoys taking technology that already works and engineering the systems around it to make sure it can be tested, shipped, updated and scaled reliably in the real world.

You’ll have significant ownership from day one, and the engineering standards you establish will shape how the team develops and ships software.

Next Steps

If you're interested, get in touch | [email protected]

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