Software Integration Engineer

Title: Software Engineer – Integrated Systems

Location: Santa Clara, California, USA

Job Term: Full-Time (Hybrid)

The Opportunity

Picarro seeks a skilled Software Engineer to join a team that is designing and building the next generation of integrated systems that incorporate our laser-based gas sensors. These systems are designed to incorporate a variety of different technologies and are used in a number of different industries. We endeavor to deliver trusted, actionable data to end users, helping them to make critical operational decisions in their facilities based on unambiguous information from Picarro integrated systems.

We seek passionate Software Engineers to design, develop, document, and maintain software solutions. Responsibilities 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

• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code, following best practices and coding standards.
• 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 bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related major is required.
• 3+ years of hands-on coding experience in Python as well as one or more of the following: C++ (C++17 preferred), C#, Java, Go.
• 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.

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.

Salary Range & Benefits

Your base salary and title will be determined based on the location, experience, qualifications, skills, knowledge, level, and pay of employees in similar positions.

We Offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package Including

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) plans.
• Life, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability Insurance.
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays.
• Employee Referral Program.
• 401K.
• Social events (summer picnic, holiday party, team lunches, etc.).
• On-site Health & Wellness programs (fitness challenges, outdoor bootcamp, flu-shots, etc.).

About Picarro

We are the world's leader in timely, trusted, and actionable data using enhanced optical spectroscopy. Our solutions are used in a wide variety of applications, including natural gas leak detection, ethylene oxide emissions monitoring, semiconductor fabrication, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, atmospheric science, air quality, greenhouse gas measurements, food safety, hydrology, ecology, and more. Our software and hardware are designed and manufactured in Santa Clara, California and are used in over 90 countries worldwide based on over 65 patents related to cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) technology and are unparalleled in their precision, ease of use, and reliability.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, gender identity, social orientation, nor on the basis of disability. Posted positions are not open to third party recruiters/agencies and unsolicited resume submissions will be considered free referrals.

If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact Picarro, Inc. at for assistance.

#LI-PS1