Senior Python R&D Engineer

Summary / Role Purpose 

Our team believes that the amazing potential of simulation in design and engineering is ready to be leveraged in ways that we can’t even imagine. A world full of innovators can perceive these opportunities, and imagine new solutions – to problems they are aware of today and problems they have yet to observe. To help them create their solutions, built upon our simulation software portfolio, we are enriching our platform capabilities and programming interfaces. Join us in our exciting journey, where we’ll enable a world of innovators to shape our future together.

The Senior R&D Engineer is responsible for the development of software products and supporting systems. In this role, the Senior R&D Engineer will use advanced technical and problem-solving skills to help the team tackle complex issues, satisfy customer requirements, and accomplish development objectives.

Key Duties and Responsibilities 

• Participates in the entire software development process including specification, planning, scheduling, development, research, and testing.
• Performs complex development activities that may require extensive analysis in areas including user experience and software design.
• Employs best practices and helps to maintain them through technical reviews and mentoring.
• Performs complex bug verification, release testing and beta support for assigned products. Researches problems discovered by QA or product support and develops solutions.
• Researches and understands the marketing requirements for a product, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues. May work with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and develop solutions.
• Works independently with minimal supervision and may take on some planning and mentoring responsibilities.
• May be responsible for managing interns or co-ops but typically does not have direct reports.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience 

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or Quantitative Sciences with at least 5 years of experience in software development, including:
  • REST APIs
  • Cloud services implementation and deployment
  • Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • CI/CD
• At least 2 years of Python experience in a commercial setting.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Value-oriented, self-motivated, fast learner.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Fluent in English.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills 

• An advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or Quantitative Sciences is a plus.
• Experience developing reusable microservices and related client libraries for use by a large number of end-user applications across a range of deployment environments.
• Knowledge of or experience with Agile SDLC and DevOps processes and tools.
• Passion for crafting robust and efficient code.
• Experience delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial software development environment.
• Understanding of customer requirements and tools used in this domain.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a geographically distributed team.