Software Engineer; Fullstack

Systems Software Engineer

Location:

Santa Clara, CA

Job Term:
Full‑time

Picarro is building the next generation of integrated solutions that incorporate various analytical instrumentation, such as our state‑of‑the‑art laser‑based gas sensors. These systems are adapted for numerous different industries to deliver trusted, actionable data to end users, allowing them to make critical operational decisions in their facilities based on unambiguous information that we provide.

We seek passionate Systems Software Engineers to conceptualize, design, develop, document, and maintain software solutions. The responsibilities of this position includes developing high quality, maintainable software, as well as participating in all aspects of the solution from conception to deployment. Our ideal candidates are familiar with developing commercial grade applications that comply with established coding standards, design patterns, and technical specifications.

At the same time, our culture encourages you to create innovative solutions and gives you the opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest in the industry.

• Collaborate with other developers to create high‑quality, clean, efficient, and maintainable microservice applications for complex analytical instrumentation, following best practices and coding standards
• Collaborate with other software developers to create, maintain, and develop test cases for various applications deployed in a Linux‑based target environment
• Troubleshoot and debug software defects and production issues, providing timely resolutions and root cause analysis
• Integrate with CI/CD pipelines to enable automated testing, continuous integration, and continuous deployment of software applications
• Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development cycle. Participate in release and sprint planning, sprint and regression testing, and software releases

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related major is required
• 3+ years of hands‑on coding experience in Python
• Experience with one or more distributed messaging platforms such as gRPC, ZeroMQ, MQTT, OMG DDS, Kafka, REST API
• Familiarity with asynchronous communication patterns such as Publish/Subscribe
• Experience with creating multi‑threaded and/or coroutine based applications
• Experience with UNIX/Linux systems, including package management (Debian/Ubuntu preferred)
• Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills, with the ability to debug complex issues and propose effective solutions
• Experience using software engineering tools including Github and JIRA

• Experience with one or more of the following: C++ (C++17 preferred), C#, Java, Go.
• Experience with full‑stack web application development, including back‑end, front‑end, and database technologies, such as Python Flask/FastAPI/aiohttp, SQL Alchemy, Postgre
  
  SQL, Mongo
  
  DB, React, MUI, and/or Redux Tool Kit.
• Knowledge of Docker, including Docker based containers and Kubernetes based orchestration systems
• Experience with Python multiprocessing, multithreading, asyncio
• Experience with Linux services

The base salary range for this full‑time position is $130K to $150K. Our total compensation packages include base salary, bonus eligibility, and equity. Your base salary range and title will be determined based on the location, experience, qualification, skills, knowledge, level, and pay of employees in similar positions.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) plans
• Life, Short‑Term Disability, and Long‑Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Employee Referral Program
• 401K
• Social events (summer picnic, holiday party, team lunches, etc.)
• On‑site Health & Wellness programs (fitness challenges, outdoor bootcamp, flu-shots, etc.)

We are the world's leader in timely, trusted, and actionable data using enhanced optical spectroscopy. Our solutions are used in a wide variety of applications, including natural gas leak detection, ethylene oxide emissions monitoring, semiconductor fabrication,…