Backend Engineer at NexusAM

Job Title

Backend Engineer (C++)

Salary

Not Disclosed

Company Description

NexusAM is an early-stage Imperial College London spin-out, backed by Creator Fund, Empirical Ventures, and Parkwalk Advisors, building the AI-powered quality assurance layer for metal 3D printing.

Job Description

Join NexusAM to build the high-performance C++ core of an AI platform for metal 3D printing. You will design systems for high-rate sensor data ingestion, integrate machine learning inference into production, and handle complex 3D geometries. Your work ensures safety-critical parts for aerospace and medical industries meet the highest quality standards.

Location

London, UK

Why this role is remarkable

• Ownership of the high-performance C++ architecture at a deep-tech startup spun out of a world-leading Imperial College research group.
• Direct impact on mission-critical manufacturing for aerospace and medical sectors by enabling real-time, physics-informed quality assurance.
• Strong financial backing from top deep-tech investors including Creator Fund, Empirical Ventures, and Parkwalk Advisors.

What You Will Do

• Design and develop core C++ libraries for high-throughput sensor data ingestion and processing of multi-gigabyte build datasets.
• Integrate ML model inference into production pipelines optimized for resource-constrained, on-premise industrial environments.
• Build Python bindings and real-time WebSocket streaming to expose backend functionality to ML teams and end-user interfaces.

The ideal candidate

• 3+ years of production experience with C++ (17 or later) and deep knowledge of concurrency, memory management, and performance profiling.
• Proficiency in Python and experience with C++/Python interoperability using frameworks like pybind11 for high-performance applications.
• Expertise in 3D data processing, including meshes, point clouds, and spatial algorithms like ray casting or spatial indexing.