Software Developer

GENERAL SUMMARY:

We are looking for a passionate Software Developer to work in our fun and fast-paced environment. You will create and modify software systems - - and though you will be primarily concerned with meteorological products, development may be geared toward (but not limited to) other areas such as general infrastructure, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and support of sales / marketing functions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Software Development (80% of time)

• Design, write, modify, debug, and test new or legacy software systems in an agile team environment
• Use source debuggers, profilers, runtime analysis tools, and source code control systems
• Create and maintain documentation
• Perform research related to languages, data structures, algorithms, file systems, libraries, tools, datasets
• Assist team members in software design / development / debugging activities

1. Software Maintenance (10%)

• Recognize and troubleshoot problems with server hardware and software
• Upgrade, build and install 3rd party software
• Use monitoring tools / dashboards to determine system status
• Participate in on-call rotation

1. Customer support (10%)

• Use bug reporting / trouble ticket software to address issues brought up by clients and users
• Work with dedicated support staff to gather further information and identify root causes of issues

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Skills, knowledge and abilities

• Linux development toolchain (gcc/g++, make, gdb, gprof, valgrind, GIT, etc)
• Linux system administration, bash / sh
• C, C++, C#, PHP, Python, Javascript, other languages as needed
• Object Oriented design, template metaprogramming, algorithms and data structures
• Sockets, multithreading, graphics and image generation, regular expressions
• Strong math skills
• Strong communication skills and the ability to successfully work in an Agile/Scrum team environment

1. Experience:  prior software development experience
2. Preferred education level:  Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field