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Impact Analytics

Lead/Principal Software Engineer

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About The Role

At Impact Analytics, we're not just building products we're shaping the future of AI-driven enterprise platforms. As a Lead or Principal Engineer in the CTO's Office, you'll operate at the cutting edge of AI research, advanced computing, and large-scale distributed systems. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where your architecture, code, and vision will directly influence how global enterprises run.

You'll lead initiatives that blend deep research with real-world engineering defining architectures, mentoring teams, and driving innovations that become the foundation for next-generation AI platforms.

What You'll Lead & Build

AI Research & Innovation

Design and lead development of forecasting models, retail foundation LLMs, and patent-worthy AI architectures.

Collaborate with research and product teams to turn prototypes into scalable, production-grade systems.

Agentic AI Systems

Architect and build Agent Studio and Agent Platform-as-a-Service (Agent PaaS).

Develop autonomous AI agents that can reason, plan, act, and collaborate across enterprise workflows.

Advanced Computing & Systems Design

Drive innovation in high-performance data platforms, in-memory computation engines, and distributed systems at terabytepetabyte scale.

Explore and experiment with next-gen paradigms from GPU acceleration to quantum computing prototypes.

Engineering Platforms & Developer Tools

Architect developer-first frameworks (e.g., SmartGrid, orchestration engines) that power and streamline engineering for 300+ developers.

Establish engineering best practices, scalability patterns, and performance optimisations across teams.

Why You'll Love This Role

Strategic Impact: Work directly with the CTO and senior architects to define technology direction and innovation roadmaps.

IP Creation: Contribute to patentable technologies and foundational IP from day one.

Massive Scale: Build systems that power mission-critical operations for global enterprises.

Cutting-Edge Tech Stack: Work with Rust, TypeScript, DuckDB, Spark, Kubernetes, MLFlow, Kubeflow, BigQuery/Snowflake, Terraform, and more.

High Velocity: Experience a fast-cycle, innovation-first culture Prototype Optimize Scale.

Who We're Looking For

Proven Technical Leadership: Experience leading complex engineering projects or technical teams in AI, data, or distributed systems.

Deep Technical Expertise: Strong coding and system design skills in Python, Rust, C++, Java, or TypeScript.

Innovator Mindset: Passion for AI/ML, agentic systems, or advanced computing with a drive to explore the unknown.

Architect & Builder: Ability to go from concept to code, prototype to platform, and vision to reality.

Mentor & Collaborator: A leader who uplifts teams, shares knowledge, and thrives in highly technical collaboration.

About Impact Analytics

Impact Analytics (Series D Funded) delivers AI-native SaaS solutions and consulting services that help companies maximize profitability and customer satisfaction through deeper data insights and predictive analytics. With a fully integrated, end-to-end platform for planning,

forecasting, merchandising, pricing, and promotions, Impact Analytics empowers companies to make smarter decisions based on real-time insights rather than relying on last year's inputs to forecast and plan this year's business. Powered by over one million machine learning

models, Impact Analytics has been leading AI innovation for a decade, setting new benchmarks in forecasting, planning, and operational excellence across the retail, grocery, manufacturing, and CPG sectors. In 2025, Impact Analytics is at the forefront of the Agentic AI revolution, delivering autonomous solutions that enable businesses to adapt in real time, optimize operations, and drive profitability without manual intervention. Here's a link to our website: www.impactanalytics.co.

Some Of Our Accolades Include

  • Ranked as one of America's Fastest-Growing Companies by Financial Times for five consecutive years: 2020-2024.
  • Ranked as one of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies by Inc. 5000 for seven consecutive years: 2018-2024.
  • Voted #1 by more than 300 retailers worldwide in the RIS Software LeaderBoard 2024 report.
  • Ranked #72 in America's Most Innovative Companies list in 2023by Fortune alongside companies like Microsoft, Tesla, Apple, IBM, etc.
  • Forged a strategic partnership with Google to equip retailers with cutting-edge generative AI tools.
  • Recognized in multiple Gartner reports, including Market Guides and Hype Cycle, spanning assortments, merchandising, forecasting, algorithmic retailing, and Unified Price, Promotion, and Markdown Optimization Applications.

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Job ID: 131547473