This requirement is on W2 or C2C (if you have incorporation and insurance)
Long time contract
Location – Oakland, CA
10+ years developing and designing software products, and demonstrated experience with full software development lifecycle, ideally in a regulated industry
Strong computer science fundamentals in OOAD, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
Fluency in a high-level object oriented programming language (e.g. Java, C#, Golang, C)
Strong understanding of professional software engineering best practices for the full SLDC including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
Experience designing and developing scalable, highly available distributed systems / services
Expertise with services and microservices solution design and delivery covering API design, containerization, and application integration / messaging.
Expertise with design and delivery of cloud native solutions on any of the major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
Expertise with algorithm development in one or more of the following areas: numerical & statistical analysis, signal processing, image processing, regression, and machine learning.
Practical experience with SCRUM, SaFe or other applicable agile framework in regulated environments.
Experience in design, engineering, and testing of software contained in medical devices developed under the FDAs regulations for 510(k) or PMA products is preferred.
Superior communications skills (oral & written)
Outstanding interpersonal skills, and effective collaboration
Primary Job Function:
Works in a lead role in one or more aspects of the overall software development process (such as software design, code development) under a disciplined product development process that meets FDA requirements.
Works independently on identifying new technologies and creating systems designs for implementation into new product development and process improvements.
Exercises independent judgment in identifying, recommending and implementing significant and/or complex new tools/process improvements to meet company objectives in areas of new product development, product testing, process improvement and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Readily adjusts priorities and works within team environment for timely completion of common objectives for multiple projects.
Resolve significant and/or complex technical issues to meet company objectives.
Main Responsibilities:
Technical leadership in cloud services / systems software development (such as software design, code development, design review, code review, and testing) including project scheduling activities.
Reliably deliver high quality software within schedule constraints.
Provides technical ownership of software products.
Actively participates in product development teams for the development of new products and services.
Interacts with QA engineers to ensure that software products are robust and of very high quality.
Research technical issues and propose technical approaches that achieve product and quality requirements.
Participate in the full life cycle of development, from specification and design through implementation, testing, and support.
Work on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.
Exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
Minimum Education:
Bachelors in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related engineering or scientific field.
Minimum Experience:
10 years relevant experience and a Bachelors degree or 5 yrs with MS degree. Will receive additional 2 years experience credit for PhD.
Good knowledge of software engineering principles.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential
Excellent troubleshooting skills are a must. Strong debugging techniques and experience on using debugger is required and/or use of testing tools to ensure high level of quality of software product.
Strong working knowledge of the principles of quality software engineering as described by software lifecycle development processes that are consistent with ISO, IEEE, or other FDA recognized standards.
Experience w/ distributed computing / services (preferably cloud native) software design and development is highly preferable.
