(Senior) Backend Engineer C++ (All genders)
STARK Deutschland2 months ago
Berlin, Germany or Munich, GermanySenior
Responsibilities
- Develop core C++ services that orchestrate UAV and USV swarms and maintain synchronized battlefield state across distributed systems.
- Design and implement high-performance gRPC and REST APIs connecting the frontend command-and-control interface with autonomous vehicles.
- Build and optimize low-latency telemetry pipelines for high-frequency data from diverse sensors.
- Expand the C++ architecture to support controlling 20 or more vehicles simultaneously.
- Implement military standards and protocols such as STANAG for system interoperability.
- Build and maintain test suites for reliability under contested operating conditions.
- Drive architecture and solve complex systems problems involving data flows, state machines, concurrency, and the hardware-software boundary.
- Collaborate with frontend, robotics, safety, mission-planning, and integration engineers.
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend or systems engineering experience focused primarily on high-performance C++ applications.
- Deep proficiency in Modern C++ 17 or later, including performance, memory allocation, RAII, and deterministic systems.
- Strong understanding of asynchronous networking, inter-process communication, and real-time data streaming.
- Relevant experience in aerospace, robotics, automotive, sensors, high-frequency trading, or another domain where software interacts with the physical world in real time.
- Ability to work with distributed systems, concurrency, state machines, and hardware-software integration.
- Familiarity with autopilot or flight-control systems such as MAVLink, PX4, or ArduPilot is a bonus.
- Experience with geospatial data handling or safety-critical software systems is a bonus.
Benefits
- Work on software used by NATO militaries for critical autonomous-system missions.
- Join a small, senior software group working directly with systems and hardware teams.
- Solve novel engineering problems for autonomous swarming with no off-the-shelf solution.
- Work from the role’s stated Berlin or Munich team locations; the posting does not specify a remote or hybrid arrangement.
- Submit a CV in English.
About STARK Deutschland
STARK Deutschland is a B2B distributor of heavy building materials, supplying contractors and trades across Germany through a nationwide branch network and delivery logistics. It operates well-known merchant brands such as Raab Karcher and KERAMUNDO, offering everything from structural materials to tiles and civil engineering supplies. The company is part of STARK Group, which is owned by CVC Capital Partners and focuses on professional builders in European markets.