VITEC solutions deliver easy-to-use technology that ensures high-quality, low-latency HD video, capturing live and recorded events for seamless distribution in a multitude of formats anytime, anywhere, to any device.
Ready to take the next step in your software engineering career?
We're looking for talented and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our innovative R&D team in Dalgety Bay, Fife. If you're passionate about developing cutting-edge solutions and want to play a key role in shaping the future of our products, we'd love to hear from you.
VITEC’s UK division is based in Dalgety Bay, Scotland, a leading IPTV and digital signage provider worldwide. Our values and solutions have formed the foundation of a reputation which has allowed us to build a global list of recognised customers.
Already an engineering centre, Dalgety Bay has expanded to be one of two core shipping hubs for VITEC worldwide. Our reach includes a presence on every continent, providing multilingual sales and support around the world via a supportive and highly valued network of customers, channel partners and consultants.
About the role:
Join our global R&D team and play a key role in designing, developing and enhancing high-performance Linux server software solutions. You'll work on platform systems, networking technologies and scalable products, taking ownership of complex projects from concept to delivery. As a senior engineer, you'll help drive technical excellence, influence engineering decisions, mentor colleagues, and collaborate across teams to deliver innovative solutions that meet customer and business needs.
What you’ll do:
Software Development
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Design and implement software in C & C++
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Develop and maintain software running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and Rocky Linux platforms
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Investigate and fix performance, stability, and reliability issues, using appropriate Linux tools and debugging techniques to identify and resolve root causes
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Design and implement services that support fault tolerance, failover, service recovery, and system resilience
Systems & Networking
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Develop and maintain networking components, protocols, and communication stacks.
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Implement and optimise support for IP‑based networking, multicast/unicast streaming, and real‑time data transfer.
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Troubleshoot network performance issues and ensure robust, secure communication between devices.
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Work with transport streams, packetization, and low‑latency data paths.
Video Technologies
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Work with streaming formats such as MPEG‑TS, HLS, or similar delivery protocols.
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Collaborate with multimedia teams to integrate codecs, transcoders, and streaming modules.
Agile Development
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Participate actively in Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
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Collaborate with product owners and architects to refine requirements and break down user stories.
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Contribute to continuous improvement of Agile processes, team velocity, and delivery quality.
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Promote transparency, iterative development, and shared ownership across the engineering team.
Software Engineering Excellence
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Write clean, maintainable, well‑tested code across C & C++ components.
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Lead code reviews, ensuring high standards for quality, performance, and safety.
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Break down complex technical challenges into clear, actionable tasks.
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Contribute to continuous integration, automated testing, and build system improvements.
Leadership & Collaboration
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Mentor junior engineers and guide best practices in software development.
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Collaborate with hardware, QA, product, and systems engineering teams.
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Communicate technical decisions clearly and influence architectural direction.
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Drive continuous improvement in tools, processes, and engineering culture.
About You:
We're looking for a passionate and talented Senior Software Engineer with strong commercial experience in C and C++ development for Linux environments. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative, Agile setting and have hands-on experience with Red Hat, CentOS or Rocky Linux, GitLab and CI/CD pipelines, and PostgreSQL databases. You'll bring a solid understanding of networking technologies and protocols, including TCP/IP, UDP, IPv4/IPv6, VLANs and multicast, and ideally have experience with high-availability solutions such as Pacemaker and Corosync, RPM software packaging, and video technologies including codecs and containers. This is an exciting opportunity to work on innovative products, solve complex technical challenges, and play a key role in the development of cutting-edge solutions within a highly skilled R&D team.
About VITEC
VITEC is a market-leading provider of IPTV, digital signage and video streaming technologies that help organisations harness the power of video to communicate, educate and entertain. VITEC is a pioneer in the design and manufacture of hardware and software for video encoding, decoding, transcoding, archiving and streaming over IP. Our end-to-end video streaming solutions enable customers to capture TV and video content directly from any source and manage its delivery, as channels or within digital signage screens, to any connected device via an existing network.
From corporate, broadcast and venues, to accommodation, government and military, VITEC has global expertise in delivering complex, proAV solutions. VITEC’s award-winning IPTV platform is a powerful suite of services for content management, digital signage, video archiving, and video wall processing. Our encode/decode solutions are 100% hardware based, including PCIe cards with SDK for custom design or OEM for high-performance video systems.
Headquartered in Paris, France, we have a global reach through our offices across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Making a difference with green initiatives, VITEC is the first Zero Carbon MPEG company and encourages customers to buy GreenPEG™ for continued environmental efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.
Why work for VITEC?
People
Our people come first. Our teams are dynamic and inclusive and each person in every team is unique and valued. We are big on autonomy and empowering individuals to make a difference.
Work/life balance
When you thrive, we thrive. Work- life balance is the key to a rewarding career. As you grow and develop, you’ll discover the tools, culture, and opportunities to help personalise your career journey, so it’s as unique and ambitious as you are. Hybrid and flexible working options are available too, where possible.
Growth Potential
Working internationally with our team of experts means an always learning approach and there are lots of ways to play, problem solve and create. This growth will continue; innovation and evolution are key. Our growth is phenomenal – check out our company timeline and corporate overview – our future direction is clear.
Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity, inclusiveness, and your career are vital to our success. Your point of view matters and you deserve to feel included. We empower you to use your voice and talents to help others find theirs. Whoever you are, we believe your uniqueness helps us stand apart.
Team Culture
Our inclusive corporate culture provides opportunities to grow your career. Our people create great work in a relaxed way, regardless of where their workstation is located. Small teams mean your efforts and the great decision you make every day are seen. We’ve created a great team environment, with regular meetups for team collaborations and to share fun times together as well.
Benefits
We take care of everyone. What makes us tick is our people. Our people are everything. The VITEC benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional and social wellbeing. You can find out more about the benefits we offer from the HR Contact in Country.
How to Apply
VITEC is an equal opportunity employer, and the only thing that matters to us is your ability to do this role. The closing date for applications is set as Monday 7th September 2026.
