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Staff Software Engineer

Job ID 2025-15695 Date posted Sep. 15, 2025 Location Cambridge, United Kingdom Category Software Engineering Apply

Are you looking for an exciting and meaningful role at the edge of technology? Are you motivated by learning new things and putting that knowledge into action?

We are seeking highly skilled and motivated engineers to join our Productivity Engineering group. You will be part of a team based in Cambridge (UK), working closely with engineering teams across Arm’s worldwide engineering centres.

Job Overview:

We are looking for a Staff Engineer to join the Data Engineering Platform team. This team designs, builds, and operates products and solutions on top of our internal big data platform. The role combines software engineering excellence, strong architectural design, and an understanding of working with data engineering concepts. You will play a key role in growing our current product offering, driving new product development, and ensuring reliable, high-quality delivery to the hardware engineering community of Arm.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, implement, and deliver software tools and data products for Arm engineering.
  • Expand and support existing platform products, ensuring reliability and scalability.
  • Define and drive software architecture and technical direction for the data platform.
  • Work closely with multi-functional teams to capture requirements and deliver solutions.
  • Contribute to technical standards, mentoring, and knowledge sharing within the team.


Required Skills and Experience :

  • A passion for software development/architecture and quality.
  • Deep expertise in software development lifecycle and at least one programming language such as Java, Scala, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, etc.
  • Desire to learn new skills and technologies, and work in a highly motivated team.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills.


“Nice To Have”:

  • Technical leadership and partner management experience.
  • Proficiency in web development with React and Node.
  • Solid understanding of Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) with knowledge of Kubernetes, and other DevOps tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD) and CI/CD (Jenkins, Artifactory, Gitlab).
  • Experience in any domain of Hardware Engineering (Verification, Implementation, Performance/Power Analysis, etc.) will be highly beneficial.


In Return:

In addition to being part of the incredible Arm journey, we offer a strong team culture, huge scope for impact across multiple engineering domains, learning opportunities, regular career conversations, an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a continuous improvement mentality.

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Accommodations at Arm

At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@arm.com. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.

Hybrid Working at Arm

Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.

Equal Opportunities at Arm

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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Spanning software's full spectrum, from compilers to AI-powered IoT and beyond, your code can enable virtually anything to be produced on silicon. Whether you're developing award-winning VR gaming or life-enhancing medical equipment, you can improve the lives of millions by being your brilliant self at Arm.

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