Software Engineer Consultant

Description

Our client is looking for an exceptional self-driven problem solver to join the Manufacturing Digital Transformation – Production Core Development Team and work on an exciting new product as part of our client’s Digital Transformation Journey.

As a software engineer consultant, you will be a key contributor to help create and scale new microservices used by our client’s North American Factories.

The product is a brand-new system that is designed from the ground up to run hybrid between our mission-critical on-prem factories and AWS private cloud.

As a successful applicant, you will be expected to visit the production floor as part of understanding the environment and processes that the application will be used in. Additionally, you will be expected to participate as part of our core SCRUM team.

Technical Profile

We have 4 fundamental skill gaps below we need to fill with candidates who can demonstrate strong tech leadership and bring years of professional experience.

Expert knowledge in at least 2 of the following and strong understanding in the remaining:

• .NET 6+ APIs
• SPA web development Angular
• Containers (Docker)
• Developing Multi-threaded & Concurrent applications

Working experience in most of the following:

• .NET MAUI or Xamarin Cross Platform Mobile Development
• Socket programming
• Asynchronous applications
• Implementing design patterns and software architectures
• Linux runtime environment
• System Design
• Computer Networks
• Caches (Redis, Memcached)
• PostgreSQL
• Event Driven Architecture
• Interfacing with Industrial tools using Ble, Serial, USB, Mqtt
• OAuth2, OIDC
• Message Queues (MQTT, Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)

Nice to Have Technical Skills:

• Software build, deployment, and maintenance using DevOps Tools
• Industrial Protocols (OPC, PLC, Modbus)
• Operating System (Windows, RHEL)
• DevOps (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins)
• Kubernetes cluster admin
• SQL Server
• .NET Framework
• AGV

Role Profile

This role will require successful candidates to take concepts directly from end users and process them through Agile Methodology then realize them into a mission-critical industrial environment. The candidate must demonstrate exceptional problem-solving skills in software engineering. This team supports an enterprise fleet management software that integrates with a wide range of industrial equipment and mobile robots.

Responsibilities

• System Design
• Implementation
• Integration
• System support and maintenance
• After hours support rotation
• Deployments and weekend support

Required Professional Skills

• Must work well both autonomously and in a team environment
• Ability to balance concurrent assignments and negotiate with customer groups to follow tasks through to conclusion
• Ability to write well organized technical documentations
• Ability to follow requirements and deliver new product features from start to finish
• Strong interpersonal skills, decision making ability, and problem-solving skills
• Ability and willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies as business needs evolves
• Ability and willingness to write unit tests and perform QA
• Must have capability and willingness to work in Woodstock if required (Primary location is in Cambridge)
• Capability to travel to the USA if required (less than 2 weeks per year)

Education Requirement

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related fields
• Must work well both autonomously and in a team environment
• Ability to balance concurrent assignments and negotiate with customer groups to follow tasks through to conclusion
• Ability to write well organized technical documentations
• Ability to follow requirements and deliver new product features from start to finish
• Strong interpersonal skills, decision making ability, and problem-solving skills
• Ability and willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies as business needs evolves
• Ability and willingness to write unit tests and perform QA
• Must have capability and willingness to work in Woodstock if required (Primary location is in Cambridge)
• Capability to travel to the USA if required (less than 2 weeks per year)

Education Requirement

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related fields

This is a contract position with an initial expected 12-month duration, dependent on client/project needs and requirements.

This is considered an on-site role (80%), collaborating with users on the production floor.

We are currently unable to consider candidates who desire/require 100% remote work.