About the position
Dentsply Sirona is the world's largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with a 130-year history of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands. Dentsply Sirona's products provide innovative, high-quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry. Dentsply Sirona's global headquarters is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The company's shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY. We develop and operate Software for the compilation, management and execution of Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) jobs. Our software has advanced algorithms for tasks such as orientation optimization, support structure generation and calculation of dynamic toolpaths (for subtractive manufacturing) and slice images as well as irradiation strategies (for additive manufacturing), feeding state-of-the-art devices that are developed and assembled entirely in-house, for the creation of patient-specific appliances in dental practices and laboratories. We are looking for an experienced and talented Software Developer (m/f/d) with a strong technical and/or natural scientific background to strengthen our teams for the further development of our features and for our endeavor to move functionality from a monolithic on-premise software product to a microservice-based, GCP-hosted cloud offering. This individual will be expected to take key responsibility and drive innovation within our Computer Aided Manufacturing R&D activities.
Responsibilities
- Writing high-quality code based on our architecture and technical standards for the seamless implementation of business requirements and functions in the area of computer-aided manufacturing.
- Support in developing technical strategies, refining stories, and estimating the effort and time required for development tasks.
- Support the product owner in defining epics, writing user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Collaborating with adjacent teams in defining and working with APIs, e.g. cloud platform and device firmware.
- Participating in code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to development processes, programming standards and best practices.
- Contributing your own ideas to our agile development process.
- Identify opportunities to improve code quality, efficiency and maintainability.
- Write unit and integration tests to ensure code functionality and maintainability.
- Continuously learn and adapt to new technologies relevant to the project.
- Manage personal workload efficiently and meet deadlines.
Requirements
- BSc, MSc or PhD in computer science or related engineering disciplines.
- 2+ years of experience in software development. Alternatively, no professional experience required if you have a PhD.
- Proven track record of developing software products is an advantage.
- Experience in one of the backend programming languages (e.g. Golang, C++, C).
- Knowledge of a frontend programming language (e.g. Dart/Flutter) is a plus.
- Ideally, experience in processing mesh models or working with different mesh data formats (e.g. PLY, STL, OBJ).
- Knowledge of CI/CD, containerization (Docker) and cloud computing (e.g. AWS, GCP, Kubernetes) is a must.
- Very good written and spoken English. Good German skills are desirable.
- Strong analytical skills, independent and structured way of working, keen interest in new innovative technologies and enjoy working in a dynamic team.
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave
- Flexible working hours with the option of mobile working
- Attractive company pension scheme
- Subsidized company restaurant
- Employee parking
- Company sports
- Intensive induction training
- Further training opportunities
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
- Opportunities for personal and professional development through our global mentoring and coaching program
- JobRad for environmentally friendly and healthy commuting
- Comprehensive global employee assistance program with a wide range of benefits
