Overview
In Waters, the Informatics group produce software that is used by people worldwide for specialist measurement and scientific analysis. We are currently seeking an Principal Software Engineer to work in one of our development teams. We work in a collaborative, agile environment, where team members are empowered to innovate and continually improve. We believe strongly in the value of personal development, and provide support and dedicated time for our people to pursue this.
Responsibilities
To design, develop and/or maintain all aspects of software developed by the Informatics Department.
To provide code and supporting documentation in accordance with the Software Development Processes and codes of practice.
To collaborate with stakeholders on software and technical issues.
To act as technical expert for coding, process and best practices and effectively communicate this to development teams on site and globally.
Work within and across teams to improve working practices and skill levels
To act as a mentor to other team members.
To demonstrate significant judgement in technical matters and act on solutions under own guidance.
To carry out all responsibilities in accordance with the Quality Policy and all applicable procedures
Qualifications
What will make you a successful Principal Software Engineer at Waters:
Extensive knowledge and proven experience as a software developer, ideally with exposure to elements of our back end technology stack (C#, .Net).
Front-End JavaScript Frameworks, especially Angular
Good experience working with Amazon Web Services, Microservices, API development
Knowledge and application of software engineering practices (e.g. Unit testing, TDD, CI/CD, SOLID, BDD etc.).
Proven ability to work as part of an Agile delivery team.
Ability to analyse and solve problems.
Excellent communication and team working skills.
The following criteria are desirable, but are not essential since training will be provided for you:
Continuous delivery, with pipelines implemented in Kubernetes, Docker
Experience using GitHub and GitHub Actions
Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), with Gherkin & SpecFlow
Atlassian Jira, Confluence & JFrog Artifactory
Software security best practices and implementation (e.g. OWASP, PKI, X509 Certificates, TLS)
Software development for regulated environments (e.g. IVD / Medical devices)
In addition to salary, we work flexibly, and provide 25 days holidays, excellent family friendly benefits such as attractive employer pension contribution, life assurance, income protection and private medical. With Waters, there are plenty of opportunities for you to grow, develop and contribute.
Company Description
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world’s leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for more than 60 years. With more than 7,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.
Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.
Waters Wilmslow
People create the Waters difference. By engaging with our talented and diverse workforce we continuously evolve, develop and enhance our products. Being the world’s leading speciality measurement company, we believe in delivering innovative technology and system solutions to our valued customers to enable their success. At Wilmslow, our focus is on the development and delivery of mass spectrometry systems and software in a collaborative and dynamic team environment.
