Embedded System Engineer

Description

We are **Merlin Digital Partner**! A **leading IT and Digital headhunting company** who stands out from the crowd, boasting over a decade of experience. We've **successfully collaborated and played a pivotal role in the growth of industry heavyweights** such as Wallapop, Glovo, Banc Sabadell, and Duracell, among others. Our **emphasis lies in people\-centric approaches and optimizing the selection processes**. Our **mission is to revolutionize companies by seamlessly integrating top\-tier talent**. What sets us apart is our **in\-depth understanding of each partner** (being their best influencer!), addressing not only their needs but also capturing their essence. **Our partner** is a fast\-growing **HealthTech company** developing connected technologies at the intersection of **hardware, embedded systems, IoT, AI and digital health**. Their technology transforms everyday environments into intelligent health platforms, enabling seamless and continuous health monitoring. We are currently looking for a **Senior Embedded Systems Engineer** to join their Engineering team and help build the embedded technologies powering the next generation of connected health products. **Mission:** As a **Senior Embedded Systems Engineer**, your mission will be to develop and evolve the **embedded software, device connectivity and system architecture** behind the company's connected technologies. This is not a traditional embedded engineering role. While your core expertise will be embedded software and connected devices, you will also have the opportunity to contribute to **backend services, cloud infrastructure, internal tools and end\-to\-end system architecture**. You will work closely with **Product, Hardware, Backend, AI and Data teams**, taking ownership of solutions from concept to production and helping build a technology platform where hardware, software, cloud and AI work seamlessly together. **The Role:** You will be responsible for: * Developing **embedded software for connected devices**, ensuring reliability, performance and scalability. * Designing and implementing communication between **hardware, embedded systems, cloud services and applications**. * Building **backend services, REST APIs and internal engineering tools**, primarily using **Python**. * Contributing to **software and system architecture decisions** across embedded, backend and cloud environments. * Working closely with Product and multidisciplinary engineering teams to transform product ideas into **scalable technical solutions**. * Taking **end\-to\-end ownership of features**, from initial design and implementation through deployment and production. * Troubleshooting complex technical issues across **firmware, backend services, connectivity and cloud infrastructure**. * Improving engineering practices, development processes and overall **code quality**. * Writing clean, maintainable and well\-tested code following strong software engineering practices. * Providing **technical leadership and mentoring** to other engineers. * Helping shape the engineering foundations and technical standards of the platform as the company scales. **What we need:** * **5\+ years of professional software engineering experience**, with significant experience working on embedded systems. More extensive senior\-level experience will be highly valued. * Strong experience developing **embedded software using C/C\+\+ or similar languages**. * Excellent development skills in **Python**. * Solid experience developing software for **Linux\-based embedded systems**. * Experience working with **Linux development environments and Bash scripting**. * Familiarity with **Qt5** for embedded or desktop applications. * Experience with **Yocto or similar embedded Linux build systems**. * Strong knowledge of communication protocols such as **BLE, UART, SPI, I²C, MQTT, TCP/IP and HTTP/REST**. * Experience designing and developing **REST APIs**. * Experience working with **Docker, containers and CI/CD pipelines**. * Solid knowledge of **Git and collaborative development workflows**. * Strong understanding of **software engineering best practices**, including testing, code reviews and maintainable software design. * Strong **software architecture and problem\-solving skills**. * Ability and interest in working across different layers of the technology stack, from embedded software and hardware communication to backend and cloud. * **Professional English level**. * **Disponibilidad para acudir a oficinas 4\-3 días a la semana.** **Nice to Have** * Experience with **cloud platforms such as GCP, Hetzner or similar**. * Previous experience in **startups, scale\-ups or fast\-growing technology companies**. * Experience working on **IoT or connected\-device products**. * Experience with **AI\-enabled products or data\-driven applications**. * Experience designing **APIs and distributed systems**. * Ability to quickly learn new technologies and comfortably move across different layers of the stack. * A product\-oriented mindset and experience taking technical solutions **from concept to production**. **What we offer:** * Join a **fast\-growing HealthTech company** building a new generation of intelligent, connected health technologies. * Work at the intersection of **embedded systems, hardware, IoT, cloud, AI and digital health**. * Build technologies powering products already used by **leading sports organizations and enterprise customers worldwide**. * Take ownership of **high\-impact projects**, from embedded software development through system integration and production. * Collaborate with a talented multidisciplinary team across **Hardware, Backend, AI, Data and Product**. * Have a **visible impact on technical and architectural decisions** as the platform and engineering organization continue to evolve. * Work in a fast\-paced environment with a high level of **autonomy and ownership**. * Strong opportunities for **professional growth and technical leadership** as the company scales internationally. * **Competitive compensation** based on experience.