Backend Software Engineer

Description:

We are seeking a Backend Software Engineer to help drive development of the next generation of laser-based analytical instrumentation capable of high precision, high accuracy molecular analysis of complex gas mixtures. The Backend Software Engineer will be responsible for helping to architect and develop the next generation analytics compute infrastructure. We are looking for an experienced backend software engineer, who has helped push forward compute solutions that scale from single node to HPC clusters. Experience handling data generated by scientific instrumentation is a plus.

Qualifications:

The Backend Software Engineer will

• Implement new technologies and solutions for automating data collection and analysis for dynamic pipelines as well as static scheduled batch jobs.
• Work closely with the rest of the analytics team to determine the best architectural and technological choices for the problems we face.
• Improve existing code bases, documentation, and testing.

Education Required:

B.S., M.S. preferred in Computer Science, Physics, Applied Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or related field.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of modern python programming required.

• Experience with HPC frameworks like Ray, Dask, or SLURM required.

• 2+ years of REST application development using frameworks like FastAPI, Django, or Flask required.

• 2+ years of SQL and NoSQL database experience required.

• Experience with pipeline and dag orchestrators like airflow, luigi, dagster, or prefect

• Independently Motivated / Technical Leader.

• Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, to a diverse range of audiences (peers, staff, management, collaborators, etc.) and skill levels (novice to expert).

• Version control with git and GitHub

• CI/CD experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or other.