Software Engineer - C++
As a C++ Software Engineer at Hawk-Eye Innovations, you will be part of an agile team responsible for delivering products based on our SMART (Synchronised Multi-Angle Replay Technology) codebase, used in top sports leagues worldwide. Your daily tasks will involve solving complex problems across various domains, such as interfacing with hardware, video/audio encoding, networking, multithreading, and UI development, all within a Windows environment using modern C++ and Qt.
Your role will involve close collaboration with the product team and customers to gather requirements and create innovative solutions. You'll work within an agile workflow, using two-week sprints to deliver technology on a global scale. You'll also have opportunities to attend developer conferences and engage in regular hack days to explore new ideas.
Key Responsibilities:
Designing and implementing SMART system components
Maintaining existing software
Full life cycle project development, including collaboration with other teams
Field testing support, sometimes involving travel to sports events
A commitment to innovation, learning, and pushing boundaries
Assisting junior team members through code reviews and maintaining high coding standards
Skills and Expertise:
Proficiency in C++, ideally modern C++ (up to at least C++17)
Experience in optimizing code
Strong knowledge of efficient multithreaded coding
Ideally familiar with Git and Visual Studio
Bonus skills: Qt, Networking, ElasticSearch, AWS, OpenGL, Audio processing, FFmpeg, ZeroMQ
AWS or any other cloud development experience is beneficial for this role.
Reward, Benefits and Wellness
In addition to being a part of a great team, working in a fun and creative environment and learning from the best technical minds in the sports industry, we offer:
25 days annual leave in addition to 8 public holidays
Enhanced pension scheme (with 5% matching)
Flexible working
Ride to work scheme
Complimentary Unmind app
Access to sporting events and tickets
Onsite Gym (Basingstoke)
Sony Group Company Discounts
Equal Opportunity Employer
Hawk-Eye is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability, or union membership status.
Hawk-Eye Innovations have been at the forefront of sports officiating and broadcast enhancement technology since 2001. The world’s biggest sporting events trust Hawk-Eye to make the right call when it matters most.
Hawk-Eye’s vision-processing, video replay and creative graphic technologies make sport fairer, safer, more engaging and better informed. Our innovations are constantly changing the face of sports officiating, production, content management, and fan engagement in every sport.
Hawk-Eye Innovations form a key part of the Sony Sports Innovations Group with a shared mission to deliver best-in-class officiating, broadcast and digital solutions to the sports world.