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We're a well-funded startup using AI to decrease risk and grow margin in the architecture, engineering and construction industry. Our current focus is general contractors. When they bid to build a major project, such as a skyscraper or an airport, they price millions of pounds' worth of project risks, and treatments for them, by hand, and often inaccurately. During delivery, risk treatments that were suboptimal or never applied erode the margin. Despite billions in annual revenue, contractors only keep ~2%. Bite puts contractors' data to work at tender and through delivery, so the bid price rests on evidence and the margin predicted at tender is the margin realised.   You'll be one of our first engineering hires, working directly with the founders and with Phil Cowans, our fractional CTO, who co-founded Songkick and Nested as CTO and studied Bayesian machine learning at Cambridge (the maths behind probabilistic risk pricing). The platform is in production on a Python backend and a React/TypeScript frontend on Azure. You don't need experience in construction or in our stack. We hire for strong core engineering, and the team treat specific technologies as tools for tackling problems.   Why join Bite The problem is genuinely hard. A tender pack is thousands of pages of drawings, specifications, contracts and bills of quantities, with a tight deadline for bids. Turning it into a structured risk register, then into a defensible bid price checked against similar completed internal and external projects, is the core of our product. Every number has to show its working, because contractors won't trust things they can't interrogate and deeply understand.   You'll own whole parts of the product, not a slice of them. There's no ticket factory and no waiting on three other teams. You'll take features from a conversation with a customer through implementation, tests and deployment, and own significant parts of the codebase outright, including the extraction pipeline the risk model depends on.   You'll build it in the room with the customer. We're co-developing the product on real data with some of the world's largest general contractors. You'll hear what works and what doesn't directly from bid and risk teams.   What we're building Today, contractors set the risk premium on instinct: a top-50 risk register in Excel, scored by hand, with treatments that are often suboptimal and rarely followed through. Decades of completed-project data sit in archives that are never really used, and nine in ten construction projects still run over budget or schedule.   Bite ingests the whole tender pack, auto-builds the risk register for the team to review, and prices it with Monte Carlo simulation reconciled against a reference class of similar completed projects. Through delivery, an AI auditor tracks risks and treatments, and every completed project improves the next tender.   What you'll do Ship features end to end across the Python backend, the React frontend, and the tests that prove they work. Build the pipeline that turns tender packs into structured, citable risk data: ingestion, LLM extraction, and the checks that catch what it misses. Productionise the risk model with Phil, with evals against completed projects that show whether a change made it better. Build the interfaces where bid and risk teams review the auto-generated register and see the working behind every number. Design and evolve the contracts between our services, and the async queues and workers behind them. Make the pragmatic calls on tech debt with the team: what we fix now, what we log, and why.   What we need from you A love of learning a new domain, and shipping something quickly that actually fixes what was broken. A track record of shipping and owning production systems end to end. Years matter less to us than evidence you've done it. Strong backend experience, ideally Python in a production context, and comfortable working in a React/TypeScript frontend. Experience designing and evolving APIs in production. The async tooling behind ours, queues and workers, is something you'll pick up here. Experience shipping LLM or ML features to production, and measuring whether they actually got better. Genuine product sense so you can independently weigh technical trade-offs against customer value. The instinct to keep things simple under pressure, and the judgement to know when a tactical shortcut is right and when it isn't. Clear communication across deeply technical, semi-technical and plain-language conversations. Contractors buy outputs they can audit, so explaining the working matters.   What will make you stand out Probabilistic modelling or forecasting: Monte Carlo simulation, reference class forecasting, regression on messy real-world data. Structured extraction from long, document-heavy inputs such as contracts, specifications and drawings. Infrastructure as code on Azure: Docker, Terraform or Bicep. Per-client or on-premise deployment for enterprise customers with sensitive data. Background in construction, tendering, estimating or cost management, or document-intensive vertical SaaS.   Don't rule yourself out over the stack. We're looking for a strong engineer with sound principles. Technologies are tools.   What you can expect from us Early-team equity: the numbers on the table at the first conversation. A seat at the table on product direction: how the risk model works, and what we build next, are still being decided. Significant parts of the codebase to own outright: including the extraction pipeline the risk model depends on. A supportive team: founders who want to be argued with and nobody between you and shipping. A domain you'll learn deeply: how contractors price and manage risk, and how AI and statistical models hold up against real project outcomes. Direct access to customers: you'll be invited to all product discovery calls. Tight feedback loops: you'll see how a change performs on real customer data within days. A clear path to owning a domain and mentoring the engineers who come after you, as the team grows around you.

The Opportunity We're looking for a Software Engineers and Senior Software Engineers with strong software development experience across the full development lifecycle to design and develop the software that powers advanced electro-optical systems used in Air Defence, cUAS and Surveillance and Target Tracking applications, deployed globally to protect critical military and civilian assets. You’ll work in a fast-paced, high-impact environment, juggling multiple projects and taking ownership of software from concept through to deployment. Your work will be hands-on, technically challenging, and directly operational, giving you autonomy and the satisfaction of seeing your designs perform in real-world applications. This is a practical, high-responsibility role where your software expertise, system design skills, and problem-solving ability will shape our solutions that deliver real-world performance and reliability. Security Vetting Information OpenWorks Engineering operates within the defence sector. As part of our recruitment and onboarding processes, we collect information that may be required to support future security vetting and clearance requirements, should these become necessary during employment. Who We Are OpenWorks is a rapidly growing business operating globally with a passion for exceptional engineering and building on a legacy of defence innovation in the North East of England. Our products provide ultra-high performance, real-time detection, tracking, identification and targeting of dynamic aerial threats. They have been deployed internationally to protect high profile military and civilian assets, and contribute towards the defeat of nuisance, misguided and maliciously deployed drones during operations. We are very proud to have supported a wide range of law enforcement and military operators, protecting many of the most high profile sites and individuals around the world. The amazing things we do are only possible because of a dedicated and passionate team. Why You'll Love Working With Us Join a high-energy, collaborative team where great ideas thrive, challenges are embraced, and people genuinely love what they do. Here’s what our benefits have to offer: Rewarding Success - Competitive salary and bonus package, with performance bonuses of up to 25% and clear opportunities for career progression. Enhanced Pension – Up to 8% employer-matched contributions to help you plan for the future. More Time to Recharge – 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, long-service rewards, and the option to buy up to 5 extra days. Breakfast & Lunch on Us – Enjoy team breakfasts and freshly prepared lunches every day courtesy of Chef Mark and his team. Health & Wellbeing – Private healthcare and life assurance for added peace of mind. Sustainable Travel – Salary sacrifice schemes, including EV car and Cycle to Work options. Team Socials – Regular events, from quiz nights and football to board games and more. Learning & Growth – A culture that empowers you to challenge, grow and make an impact, plus a £250 annual learning budget to invest in the development that matters most to you. What You'll Be Doing Code Development: Get hands-on with our codebase and quickly build familiarity with our platforms. Software Design: Design and develop real-time software solutions for use on physical devices. System Architecture: Specify system architecture, including hardware, operating systems and libraries. Software Ownership: Take ownership across the software lifecycle, from coding and reviews through to release and version control. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with mechanical, electrical and systems engineers to deliver integrated solutions. Adaptability: Thrive in a fast-paced R&D environment where priorities and requirements may evolve rapidly. What We're Looking For Academic Background: A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or a related discipline. C++ Development: Strong C++ development skills. Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with Linux hardware drivers, network configuration, CMake, DevOps and TCP/IP. Software Engineering Experience: Experience developing software deployed on real-time embedded platforms, including architecture design, hardware and OS specification, code development and review, source control and release management. Problem Solving: A creative problem solver who knows when to ask questions and how to manage their time effectively. Team Fit: Reliable, adaptable and self-aware, with the ability to work effectively within a collaborative engineering team. Desirable: Additional Technical Skills: Experience with Python, Cyber Security and/or Video Streaming technologies. More About Us Vision Help protect the territory and airspace of NATO countries and their allies. Mission Be a world-leading provider of autonomous technology for Surveillance applications and Defence. Values Be a Good Egg: Earn respect, have mutual trust and be honest. Do cool stuff: We develop cool tech with an awesome team, and we get stuff done. Be empowered: We are autonomous, reliable and take personal responsibility. We are one team: Look out for each other and the team. Things go wrong: Fail fast, learn and move on. Have fun: We’re doing amazing things with passionate people. We Get It Done: Focus on what matters and work with energy to bring ideas to life.