Sr. Software Developer

PTC Inc - Pleasanton, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Pleasanton, CA

5,001-10,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Our world is transforming, and PTC is leading the way. Our software brings the physical and digital worlds together, enabling companies to improve operations, create better products, and empower people in all aspects of their business. Our people make all the difference in our success. Today, we are a global team of nearly 7,000 and our main objective is to create opportunities for our team members to explore, learn, and grow - all while seeing their ideas come to life and celebrating the differences that make us who we are and the work we do possible. We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to work on one of our new products: Zinc, a cloud-based, real-time communication application. You are a self-starter, always striving towards pixel perfection, yet your solutions are intuitive. You appreciate the value of rigorous consistency coupled with the ability to remain flexible enough to accommodate critique and change. You will have the unique opportunity to join a collaborative team where you will work with product designers to create apps that people enjoy using. You will be responsible for feature development, contributing to the team and working independently.

Responsibilities

• Capture system level requirements by brainstorming with Dev Leads, Designers and Product Managers.
• Identify the scope of the work, provide initial estimate and justify the estimate with facts.
• Demonstrate the understanding of Agile software development lifecycle and able to distinguish the core inputs and outputs in each cycle.
• Engage in technical discussions; participate in technical designs and present technical ideas through white boarding.
• Work closely with your peers and keep engaging in a fast pace technical design and development team.
• Execute in a fast pace delivery mode and focus in delivering tasks to meet the product release goal.
• Maintain code quality through best practices, unit testing and code quality automation.
• Seek and provide feedback on design and development.
• Demonstrate the ability to make informed technology choices after due diligence and impact assessment.
• Understand whole product, its modules and the interrelationship between them while being an expert in the assigned component or module.
• Help in designing interfaces and information exchange between modules.
• Gain advanced domain knowledge and show great customer focus.
• Expert in processes / methodologies and skilled in build, release & deployment processes.
• Articulate the need for scalability and understand the importance of improving quality through testing.
• Be an expert in writing code that meets standards and delivers the desired functionality using the technology selected for the project.
• Drive design reviews define interfaces between code modules and applies existing technology to designs.
• Be an expert in assessing application performance and optimizing/improving it through design and best coding practices.
• Be an expert in core data structures as well as algorithms and has the ability to implement them using language of choice.
• Mentor other developers in the team, ensure adherence to coding and testing standards.
• Research new technologies, tools and develop proof of concepts as it applies to the product.
• Communicate effectively and consistently with other engineers, customers and management.
• Share technical knowledge and expertise with colleagues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or 'STEM' Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).
• Experience working at a startup on enterprise software.
• Active in open source community.
• Can work well with loosely defined requirements.
• A minimum 5 years of professional work experience.
• Strong knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Software Design Patterns and Design Principles.
• Emphasis on creating secure mobile apps that perform at scale.
• Must have practical knowledge and proficiency with native app development for iOS and integrating with RESTful services.
• Must have practical knowledge and proficiency with web app development using REST API.
• Good understanding of git, unit testing and automated testing, continuous integration and deployment.
• Experience with agile development methodology.
• Strong understanding of micro service architecture and application architecture.
• Experience with programming languages like JavaScript, ReactJs, ReactNative, Java and Python.
• Communication skills for a highly collaborative software development process with distributed teams.
• Passion about new technologies, self-motivated, and commitment to continuously learn and improve.
• User centric design thinking, with a thoughtful approach to building software with new zero learning curve.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Lean Six Sigma principles (e.g., Black belt certified).
• Knowledge of developments in UX in various contexts, businesses, and industries.

Benefits

• Inclusive work environment that values diverse ideas and perspectives.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Collaborative team culture.