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We seek passionate software engineers to design, develop, document, and maintain software solutions. The responsibilities associated with the position include developing high quality and maintainable software. Our ideal candidates are familiar with developing distributed control applications that comply with coding standards and technical design. Our culture encourages you to create innovative solutions and gives you the opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest in the industry. Responsibilities: Design high-quality, clean, efficient, and maintainable code, following best practices and coding standards, for complex analytical instrumentation Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development cycle Partner with the project, scientific, and engineering teams Collaborate with other software developers to create, maintain, and develop test cases for various applications deployed in a Linux-based target environment Collaborate with other developers to create internal and external software interfaces for gRPC microservice applications Integrate with CI/CD pipelines to enable automated testing, continuous integration, and continuous deployment of software applications Troubleshoot and debug software defects and production issues, providing timely resolutions and root cause analysis Minimum Qualifications: A bachelors degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related major is required 9+ yrs. of hands-on coding experience in Python as well as one or more of the following: C++ (C++17 preferred), C#, Java, Go. Experience designing software for instrumentation Experience with one or more distributed messaging platforms such as gRPC, ZeroMQ, MQTT, OMG DDS, REST API Familiarity with asynchronous communication patterns such as Publish/Subscribe Experience with creating multi-threaded and/or coroutine based applications Experience with UNIX/Linux systems, including package management (Debian/Ubuntu preferred) Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to debug complex issues and propose effective solutions Experience using software engineering tools including Github and JIRA Must have a visa to travel to the US and be willing to spend at least the first two months at Picarro headquarters in Santa Clara, CA Preferred Qualifications: Familiarity with object-oriented design patterns including interface abstraction and polymorphism Experience with one or more interface definition languages, such as ProtoBuf or OMG IDL. Experience with build processes including integrated code generation Experience building applications with Python AsyncIO Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL or MongoDB Solid familiarity with networking including IPv4/IPv6 fundamentals, routing/NAT, mDNS/service discovery Knowledge of Docker based containers and Kubernetes based orchestration systems Role & responsibilities Preferred candidate profile Perks and benefits
