Senior C++ Software Engineer

About us:

At Protex AI, we are at the forefront of AIdriven computer vision, building a safer, smarter industrial workplace with an intelligent operating system that redefines how facilities operate. Backed by toptier global investors, we recently secured a $36 million Series B to accelerate our mission.

Industry leaders like DHL, Amazon, and Tesla trust Protex AI to drive measurable safety improvements, achieving an average 64% risk reduction within just three months of deployment. Operating in 20+ countries, Protex is the goto safety partner for Fortune 500 manufacturing and logistics enterprises, transforming workplace safety with realtime, AIpowered insights.

About the Team

The Platform (Infrastructure) Team builds and maintains the core foundation that powers all Protex systems, ensuring robust edgetocloud connectivity, scalable data infrastructure, and highperformance backend services. We support edge deployments for realtime computer vision applications and deliver resilient systems to enable proactive workplace safety at global scale.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in CC++ to join our Platform team. You’ll design, implement, and optimize highperformance video pipelines that power our AIdriven safety platform. This includes developing video encoding workflows, integrating processing frameworks like GStreamer, and ensuring realtime performance across the infrastructure.

What Youll Need

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Deep understanding of traditional CC++, with strong proficiency in applying modern C++ (C++11 and beyond) features to write safer, cleaner, and more maintainable code

• Proven expertise of multithreading, asynchronous programming, and concurrency management in C++

• Proven expertise in performance profiling and monitoring of C++ applications, with a focus on optimisation and throughput

• Proven expertise in debugging multithreaded & realtime C++ applications with GDB

• Experience with Docker and cloudbased deployment (AWS)

• Ability to influence technical direction, mentor others, and implement solutions

• Proven ability to optimize complex systems for realtime performance and scalability

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field

• Nice to Have

  • Handson experience with Nvidia Deepstream SDK

  • Handon experience with GStreamer and computer vision applications

  • Experience with video processing frameworks and tools (e.g., GStreamer, FFmpeg)

  • Knowledge of encoding and decoding algorithms (e.g., H.264, H.265, MJPEG) and streaming protocols

  • Some cloud experience (AWS)

  • Why Join Us

    At Protex AI, youll work on cuttingedge problems with a missiondriven team. You’ll have ownership, autonomy, and the opportunity to make a tangible impact on workplace safety around the world.

    Protex AI is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating an equitable workplace for everyone regardless of gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level, or race.