[Hiring] Software Architect @Hawk-Eye Innovations (HEI)

Role Description

This is the senior computer vision engineering authority for Hawk-Eye's tracking technology, and it is an individual contributor role. Our tracking sits underneath almost everything Hawk-Eye sells, including:

• Goal-line technology
• Semi-automated offside
• Electronic line calling
• Automated ball-strike
• Live and post-game data

It runs across various sports, including:

• Football
• Baseball
• Tennis
• American football
• Ice hockey
• Cricket
• Basketball
• Rugby

The role carries two hats:

• As Software Architect, you own the software-level architectural design across tracking, auto-officiating, and data delivery.
• As computer vision authority, you lead the core domains: camera calibration, ball tracking, skeletal tracking, and the R&D that feeds them.

It is a hands-on job. You set architecture for new tracking problems as they arrive, safeguard the shared frameworks, and act as the escalation point when a live delivery is at risk.

Qualifications

• Deep multi-camera computer vision expertise.
• Camera calibration including intrinsics, extrinsics, distortion models, anti-wobble, and bundle adjustment.
• 3D ball and pose estimation, skeletal tracking, continuous-time modelling, inverse kinematics.
• Expert cross-platform C++ across Windows and Linux, x86 and ARM, with CMake and real performance profiling ability.
• Strong working knowledge of GPU inference (TensorRT, Triton) and ML pipelines (PyTorch, ONNX).
• Proven experience running tracking at scale in AWS, on-premise, and on edge devices.
• Hands-on use of AI coding agents and LLM orchestration to accelerate algorithm R&D and refactoring in large codebases.
• A working understanding of generative AI, synthetic data generation, and their applications in real-time CV.

Requirements

• Ability to set architecture across many squads and sports.
• Capability to make pragmatic calls on reuse, cost, and time to market.
• Clear writing skills for design documents, proposals, and explanations for non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfort in front of external engineering partners, including Sony, NVIDIA, and AWS.
• Ability to size work honestly, state confidence in it, and advise on what should be stopped or delayed.

Benefits

• Opportunity to coach Squad Tech Leads and guide junior architects.
• Involvement in running CV Algorithm talks, HawkTalks, and tutorials.
• Participation in hiring processes, including technical assessment for CV and ML roles.

What this role is not

• This is not a people management role; nobody reports to you.
• It is not project or delivery management; Delivery Leads coordinate squad delivery.
• You are not a Product Owner; you work with them to define the solution.
• You are not a Squad Tech Lead; day-to-day technical leadership sits with them.
• You are not a gatekeeper for other value streams; you provide alignment and access to shared tracking IP.