Hybrid Principal Software Architect

at IQGeo

• Job title: Principal Software Architect
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Distributed Systems, ETL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Paris, France

About the role

• Principal Software Architect leading research and prototype creation for a real-time digital twin of telecommunication networks. Collaborating with global engineering teams to deliver a scalable product.

Responsibilities

• 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