Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (BACKEND)

Freeform is deploying software-defined, autonomous metal 3D printing factories around the world, bringing the scalability of software to physical production. Our proprietary technology stack leverages advanced sensing, real-time controls, and data-driven learning to produce digitally verified, flawless parts at unprecedented speed and cost. Our mission is to make the transformative power of 3D printing available to all industries at scale and unlock the future of innovation. 

In this role, you will be responsible for architecting and implementing backend data pipeline infrastructure to create an advanced telemetry capability on our metal 3D printing systems. You will work with petabyte-scale data feeds, enabling Freeform engineers to rapidly access critical data across the factory ecosystem. You will work with our machine learning team to provide data pipelines that feed the printing industry’s first GPU-based ML platform. Ultimately, your code will enable the first production scale, high quality, and fully automated metal 3D printing factory. 

3D printing experience is not required to be successful here - rather we look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving hard problems and creating amazing technology!

Responsibilities:

• Architect state-of-the art backend software for an advanced production-scale metal 3D printing factory.
• Develop software to collect, transform, and query petabytes worth of sensor data. 
• Perform calibrations, log quality data, and keep track of the health of the printing system over its lifetime. 
• Create data pipelines to feed the machine learning team with critical print data. 
• Develop, unit test, and deploy functional, scalable, robust, and maintainable software. 

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development. 
• Proficiency writing, deploying, and maintaining production code in an industry-standard language (preferably Rust, Python, or C++). 
• Experience developing robust data pipeline software. 

Nice to Have:

• Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or related field. 
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience. 
• Experience with Apache DataFusion, database internals, query engines, or Rust. 
• Experience with Arrow and Parquet. 
• Experience with gRPC & REST APIs deployed via Kubernetes. 
• Experience deploying to and working with physical hardware. 
• Familiarity with 3D data and graphics. 
• Experience serving as technical lead throughout the full software development lifecycle, from concept, detailed architectural design, implementation, and testing to documentation, delivery, and maintenance. 
• Experience with big data warehousing solutions and cloud computing. 
• Creative thinker able to apply first-principles reasoning to solve complex problems. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills  

Location:

• We are located in Hawthorne, CA  in a 35,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility featuring large open spaces for team collaboration, R&D, and production, as well as easy access to the 405, 105, and 1