Do you enjoy working close to hardware, optimizing low-level C code, and solving complex performance challenges?
We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to join a highly specialized R&D team developing next-generation high-performance networking and acceleration solutions used in modern cloud infrastructure and AI/datacenter environments.
This role sits right at the intersection of:
High-performance C development
Linux system software
Hardware-near programming
Networking and datapath technologies
FPGA-based acceleration platforms
What you’ll work on
High-performance software in C on Linux
Hardware bring-up and board management
Network offloading and packet processing
Low-level interfaces such as I2C, SPI and flash devices
Performance optimization and system architecture
Automation and tooling in Python
You’ll work closely with both software and hardware engineers in a deeply technical environment where your code directly impacts performance, scalability, and efficiency.
We’re looking for engineers with experience in
C/C++ on Linux
Embedded or hardware-near software
Networking or system-level development
Performance-critical software
Python scripting
Bonus points for:
DPDK
Kernel-space development
FPGA-based systems
Device drivers
High-speed networking
Why join?
Work on cutting-edge deep-tech products
Strong technical ownership
Flat engineering culture
Highly skilled R&D environment
Real impact on products used globally
📍 Greater Copenhagen area
🌍 International engineering environment
💻 Full-time position and hybrid work flexibility
iHeadHunt is a headhunting company specializing in headhunting of IT profiles.
Why choose iHeadHunt?
We send relevant candidates:
4 out of 5 candidates we send for presentation, our customers want to meet - as the CEO and founder of the company is a trained computer scientist and quality assures all candidates.
We work fast:
On average it takes 10 days before we send the first motivated and relevant candidate for presentation - as we work with 1-week sprint.
We have long-term cooperative relationships:
Momondo, Dansk Industri, Edlund and Bluegarden / Visma are just some of the companies we have continuously headhunted for.
We focus only on IT profiles:
We have deliberately opted out of headhunting all types of profiles to have one clearly focused profile. We have been around for 8 years and are 3 men in the company.
We hold courses for Dansk Industri (Danish Industry):
CEO, Peter Rasmussen, as the only external lecturer for Danish Industry, for more than 3 years, has held courses in both Jutland, Funen and Copenhagen, where the theme is "How to headhunt professionally when using LinkedIn".
Read more here: www.iHeadHunt.dk
