Senior Software Engineer - Data Acquisition

Summary

Join TetraScience, a leader in Scientific Data and AI Cloud, and become a member of the data acquisition engineering team. You will build high-performance data management tools for scientific instruments and various data sources. The role demands self-starting, efficient solution design for data extraction and management, ensuring high availability and scalability. You will collaborate with the product team, work in a geographically dispersed team, and continuously learn and grow. This position requires 8+ years of experience in designing and developing distributed systems for large datasets and proficiency in various technologies. TetraScience offers 100% employer-paid benefits, unlimited PTO, 401K, flexible working arrangements, and company-paid life insurance.

Requirements

• 8+ Years of experience designing and developing distributed systems to collect and process large datasets
• Proficient with Node.js, Typescript, and associated technologies
• Proficient with container technologies like Docker
• Proficient with cloud infrastructure providers like AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Proficient with threading, parallelism, concurrency, and other distributed system concerns
• Familiar with networking concepts like DNS, TLS, tunneling
• Experience writing maintainable unit tests, and automated integration tests
• Experience with on-premise distributed software and operational support for these, such as logging and alerting
• Experience with cross-platform development
• Good application debugging skills
• Strong communication skills, including technical writing
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or equivalent major

Responsibilities

• Be a member of the Tetra data acquisition engineering team building highly performant data management tools for scientific instruments and other data sources
• Self-start and make concrete progress in the face of ambiguity or conflicting requirements
• Design and develop efficient solutions to extract data from data sources and make it available elsewhere
• Address the resiliency, scale, and high availability requirements of these solutions
• Deliver a high-quality product following the agile software development methodology
• Partner with the product management team to take the vision and ideas and turn them into reality
• Be comfortable working with a geographically dispersed team, in various time zones
• Learn, grow, and be challenged. You will speak up and represent your position amongst peers and leadership while remaining resilient and open to constructive feedback

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Python and associated technologies is a plus
• Experience in Life Sciences or scientific data is a big plus!

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid benefits for all eligible employees and immediate family members
• Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
• 401K
• Flexible working arrangements - Remote work
• Company paid Life Insurance, LTD/STD
• A culture of continuous improvement where you can grow your career and get coaching