Sr. R&D Engineer

The role

You will improve the accuracy and robustness of indoor-outdoor positioning algorithms. The role involves researching, developing, and validating algorithms using sensor data and C++ code.

What you will do

• Improve accuracy, responsiveness, and robustness of indoor-outdoor positioning algorithms.
• Research, develop, and evaluate positioning algorithms using classical estimation and machine learning.
• Research and investigate emerging positioning technologies using development kits and reference hardware.
• Build and use offline replay, accuracy regression suites, and simulation tools.
• Validate improvements on real iOS and Android devices.
• Develop production code in the shared C++ engine and native mobile scanning layers.
• Turn field issues into reproducible test cases and engine improvements.
• Use AI coding agents daily for research and development.
• Shape technical decisions through experiments and code review.
• Document reasoning and contribute invention disclosures.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, including performance-sensitive production code.
• Strong grounding in probabilistic state estimation and sensor fusion.
• Solid applied mathematics, including linear algebra, probability, numerical methods, and geometry.
• Experience working with noisy, real-world sensor time series.
• Daily use of AI coding agents and understanding of how they work.
• Working knowledge of iOS or Android development.
• Comfort with native development tools, including build systems, Git, compilers, sanitizers, and profilers.
• Clear technical communication with engineers and non-engineers.
• Professional fluency in English, both written and spoken.

Nice to have

• Experience in indoor positioning, GNSS, robotics, SLAM, pedestrian dead reckoning, or RF signal processing.
• Hands-on experience with Claude Code or OpenAI Codex.
• Experience building agent tools or integrations.
• Experience with modern C++, Swift, or Kotlin, or shipping a shared native core in iOS and Android apps.
• Familiarity with mobile constraints like background execution, sensor/radio scanning APIs, and power budgets.
• Knowledge of ranging and positioning methods used with radio technologies such as BLE, UWB, or Wi-Fi.
• Experience with computational geometry, geospatial data, or map processing.
• Experience applying machine learning to motion or signal models.
• Experience building simulation or visualization tools for algorithm development.
• An MS or PhD in a relevant field, research publications, or equivalent demonstrated depth.

Benefits

• Supportive, kind (no-ego), and smart team
• International environment and inclusive culture
• Competitive base salary and stock options
• Private supplementary health insurance
• Statutory SGK coverage
• Paid annual leave under Turkish Labor Law
• 5 additional paid days in your first year
• Official public holidays as set by the Turkish government
• Paid sick leave with a doctor's report
• 24 weeks of paid maternity leave (state-paid)
• Up to 6 weeks of paid paternity leave

About the company

Pointr is the market leader in Indoor Mapping, Location and Analytics, and the inventor of AI-based map production. Its Pointr Maps platform is used by millions of users across offices, retail locations, airports, and hospitals.