Senior Product Engineer

Overview

Senior Product Engineer - Global Creative & Innovation Studio - London/UK

Are you a Senior Product Engineer looking for an exciting new opportunity? DNA Recruit is working with a Fast-Growing Immersive Tech Company to find them an amazing Senior Product Engineer. The company is creating next-gen XR experiences and smart interactive displays for some of the world's leading brands. From cutting-edge Magic Mirror systems to real-time analytics and sensor integrations, this is your chance to be part of a team shaping the future of experiential technology. This organisation is a pioneer in immersive hardware-software systems, trusted by global clients across retail, FMCG, events, and beyond. With hubs in both the UK and US, they're investing heavily in product innovation-particularly around computer vision, GPU computing, and live Unreal Engine content.

About the Role

As a Senior Product Engineer, you'll take ownership across the entire product stack, from embedded systems and containerised microservices to Unreal Engine-based interactions and hardware integration. Working closely with leadership and engineering leads, you'll help evolve and scale smart display units from design through to field deployment. This role is highly cross-functional, ideal for a hands-on systems generalist who thrives across hardware, software, and real-time media environments.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage containerised services on Windows/Linux edge devices (K3s, Docker)
• Integrate real-time computer vision with Unreal Engine rendering via message queue systems (Redis, ZeroMQ)
• Design GPU resource sharing strategies (NVIDIA MPS, CUDA, memory management)
• Implement OTA update pipelines using GitOps (FluxCD / ArgoCD)
• Build display firmware and develop robust kiosk environments
• Interface with embedded hardware (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, sensors, cameras)
• Monitor GPU performance, latency, and uptime using Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
• Contribute to real-time content logic and scene control in Unreal Engine
• Assist in thermal/hardware design and field troubleshooting at installation sites

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience across embedded systems, full-stack product engineering, or real-time software
• Deep proficiency in Python, C++, and systems scripting (Bash, PowerShell)
• Expertise with Unreal Engine (Blueprints & C++), especially for real-time data-driven environments
• Familiarity with container orchestration and GPU runtimes (CUDA, PyTorch, TensorRT)
• Strong systems knowledge: networking, edge orchestration, hardware interfaces (USB, GPIO)
• Experience collaborating with CAD/mechanical teams
• Hands-on approach, strong problem-solving mindset, and comfort navigating unfamiliar domains

Salary & Benefits

• Salary: 80k plus Potential bonus scheme
• Location: Remote
• Ref: LL 43394

Application Notes

All applications are viewed and evaluated according to the role requirements. At DNA we aim to contact shortlisted candidates within 2 weeks. As we often receive a high volume of applications, we are unable to reply to everyone. If you have not heard back from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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