(22/10/2025) Senior Algorithms Engineer

Overview

DroneShield is seeking a Senior Algorithms Engineer to join our growing team in Sydney, Australia. Reporting to the SensorFusionAI (SFAI) Team Lead, you will play a pivotal role in developing the next generation of counter-drone capabilities. You will help shape DroneShield’s real-time decision and coordination engine which powers advanced algorithms for assessing and responding to complex drone swarm threats.

DroneShield is a high-growth company focused on counter-drone solutions for militaries, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure, law enforcement and other customers. The company has a large market capitalisation in Australia, is part of the ASX200 index, and has raised substantial funding in 2024 to support growth.

Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations

- Contribute to the development and evolution of DroneShield’s advanced swarm response engine, integrating cutting-edge algorithms and real-time decision logic to optimise swarm mitigation.
- Profile and optimise algorithms for low-latency, high-throughput execution in operational environments.
- Develop simulation and benchmarking frameworks for validating multi-sensor fusion and engagement strategies.
- Integrate software components into larger multi-sensor, multi-effector systems.
- Research and evaluate emerging techniques in counter-drone systems, assessing their applicability to operational software.
- Contribute to the long-term roadmap of DroneShield’s world-class counter-drone solutions.
- Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines ensuring high code quality, performance and stability across releases.
- Apply modern software engineering best practices including testing, documentation and code reviews.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues and bug reports.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a professional software engineering environment
- Proficiency in Python and at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g. Go, C++)
- Strong grasp of data structures, algorithms, and the practical application of mathematics and physics in software development
- Proven experience developing and testing high-performance, real-time distributed systems using Protocol Buffers and gRPC or similar frameworks
- Proficiency in Linux-based development and runtime environments
- Knowledge of sensor fusion, multi-sensor data processing or object tracking algorithms is favourable
- Familiarity with containerization using Docker is favourable
- Experience designing and implementing automated CI/CD workflows is favourable
- Experience with CMake and unit testing frameworks is favourable
- Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana or similar is favourable

Who you are

- You enjoy solving complex algorithmic challenges and applying mathematics to real-world systems.
- You are a self-driven learner, always seeking to improve and stay at the forefront of your field.
- You thrive in fast-paced, mission-critical environments with a strong sense of purpose.
- You are a clear communicator capable of bridging technical and non-technical discussions.
- You are collaborative and team-oriented, contributing positively to shared problem solving.
- You take ownership of your work, driving solutions from concept to deployment.
- You are proactive in influencing technical direction and contributing to strategic decisions.

Note for recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited candidates from external recruiters unless specifically instructed.

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