Software Engineer IV (Staff)/Platform Developer

Description

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About the Company

Biolinq is a venture-backed digital health company developing a wearable biosensor platform that measures biomarkers important to the management of many clinical conditions including diabetes. This dynamic role is a part of a team of engineers and scientists developing a novel intradermal biosensor technology and the associated software data extraction and rendering SDK that will transform the way people manage their metabolic health. 

Job Purpose

This role is   as a member of a team of engineers and scientists developing and   commercializing novel intradermal biosensor technology. The role may have components in the development or commercialization facets of the department.  The role will be required to work across departments (operations, clinical trials, engineering, and marketing) to establish requirements and execute based on best software development practice.

Duties and Responsibilities

•  Works independently and may lead a team to produces working and tested software within the software discipline and language specialty of the engineer.
• Independently solves engineering problems for individual microservices or applications.
• Works with stakeholders to define software requirements.
• Can use direct measurements to make estimates of load capacity, response time, or UI   responsiveness for a microservice or application. Proactively identifies potential bottlenecks that may need addressed.
• Identifies and communicates trade-offs within a system design between competing solutions and regularly makes the best choice for the company. 
• Can accurately estimate the time to complete applications or services.
• Proposes and, with approval, implements projects that support the strategic objectives of the company.
• Is the technical lead on important projects with one or more engineers reporting to them informally.
• Writes and maintains unit tests to satisfy target code coverage.
• Produces documentation required by Biolinq’s Quality System to maintain regulatory compliance.
• Prepares documentation necessary to install, operate, and maintain as needed. This may include design, installation guides, user guides, etc.
• Protect operations and customer confidentiality by keeping information confidential.
• Maintains existing Biolinq software including fixing bugs and enhancing features.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• This engineer will have a confidence in at least one software discipline (i.e. mobile, server, or GUI) and language (i.e. GO, JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, etc) and the ability to work in others as needed.
• BS or MS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or scientific discipline with over 8 years of experience in at least one discipline and   language. 
• Deployed and supported at least one application or service in a production environment.
• Demonstrated experience using established software principles to solve ambiguous problems. 
• Experience with quality systems for software as a medical device. 
• Has mastered threading and knows when to use pre-built libraries or threading primitives.
• Has mastered design principles and uses them when designing or refactoring software
• Has mastered Agile principles and applies them to a regulated environment.
• Works collaboratively to drive to solutions that satisfy the needs of the business.

Working Conditions

General office of laboratory.   May include 10% travel.   

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, see, talk or