Engineering · Full-time · Edmonton, Canada
Sr. Software Developer, Technical Lead
Are you a Senior Software Developer who is passionate about technical leadership and mentoring? If so, we’re looking to connect with you!
PulseMedica, an Edmonton-based start-up, is seeking a candidate with over 5 years of experience in developing clean, testable, and robust C++ code. As our ideal candidate, you will have gone through an entire medical device life cycle and be well familiar with its design, testability, and architectural considerations. You will be responsible for improving and optimizing software architecture design, advising our team of software engineers, providing expertise on the development of software in a real-time operating system environment, and performing trade-off analysis for new products and platforms. You will also provide technical leadership in the software and interface with embedded data acquisition aspects related to prototypes and new products.
About Us
PulseMedica, recently certified as a Great Place to Work for the second consecutive year, is a fast-growing disruptive medical device startup company. We combine research , innovation and production environments. We are determined to reduce ophthalmic disease and disability by offering novel treatment options using SOTA technologies. Our platform combines real-time classical computer-vision and deep-learning algorithms, 3D eye imaging and high precision laser surgery platform. Our goal is to revolutionize ophthalmic treatments by providing people with exceptional outcomes and, ultimately, changing the world by preventing blindness and disability resulting from eye diseases.
The Opportunity
As the Software technical lead, you will play a crucial role in leading our software team, working closely with engineers and scientists to develop new technologies and shape the future of the company's technology. The successful candidate will actively work with our team on projects involving development of new technologies, concept engineering and new product development in the ophthalmic medical device industry.
The person will be responsible for:
Designing and building software architecture design
Leading our team of software engineers who are responsible for algorithm development and implementation
Providing expertise on the development of software in a Real-Time Operating System environment
Performing trade-off analysis and proposing software architecture for new products and platforms.
Providing high level troubleshooting support to product development teams
Developing software for imaging test-beds and prototypes
Providing technical leadership in the software and interface with embedded data acquisition aspects related to the prototypes and new products
Proposing new methodologies and tools to improve efficiency and reduce software bugs
Developing software to assist the team for evaluation of newer sub-systems and components
Qualifications:
Master's/Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
5+ years of experience in developing/working with C/C++ based projects in cross-functional teams
Strong programming skills and experience in object-oriented design with C++ memory management and profiling applications in a multithreaded environment
Strong grasp of structured and clean programming with a focus on high efficiency and performance
A self-motivated team player who is comfortable and adaptable with working in a dynamic and high-paced environment
Experience with full life cycle of software development
Assets considered:
Experience leading the development of CUDA/GPU programming
Experience developing software that handles asynchronous data collection and instrument control
Experience developing software in a real time operating system environment (FreeRTOS, QNX, VXWork)
Experience in high speed data/image acquisition and processing
Experience in project planning and defect management
Familiarity with early stage product development and good software development and documentation practices
Experience architecting a software solution that interacts with many external devices
Prior knowledge of computer-vision libraries
Anticipated Start Date: As soon as a suitable candidate is found
Duration: Full time Permanent (40 hours per week)
Salary: Commensurate to experience and qualifications
Location: Edmonton (Preferred)
What you can expect from PulseMedica:
We believe that diverse teams perform better and that fostering an inclusive work environment is a key part of growing a successful team. We welcome people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to apply for this position.