Lead R&D Engineer

Job Description

Leads planning, architecture, or research at a project level. Employs best software practices and helps to maintain them through technical reviews and mentoring, also participating in planning and architecture. Performs complex software development activities that may require extensive analysis in areas including user experience, software design, solver research and implementations of new solver algorithms in C++ and Python. Develops and employs best practices and maintains them through technical reviews and mentoring. Performs complex bug verification, release testing and beta support across multiple products. Research problems discovered by QA or product support and develops solutions, collaborating with the QA/support team. Coordinates product design and development activities requiring extensive analysis in areas such as user experience, software design and solver research. Acts as a technical reference within a group or product. Operates without direct supervision and may function as a team leader, project manager, or software architect. May be responsible for line management of a small technical team but primary duties are of an individual technical nature. Minimum Education and Experience BTech in Engineering, Computer science, Physics, or related field with at least 6 years experience, MTech with 4 years experience Demonstrated experience with modern C++ and Agile development. Demonstrated experience with Python code development. Significant commercial experience with software design and development methodologies. Proven track record of crafting robust and efficient code. Preferred Qualifications and Skills Demonstrated experience with machine learning algorithms and techniques with GitHub code development Experience with software configuration management, data structures and algorithms Passion for crafting robust and efficient code Experience delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial software development environment Understanding of customer requirements and tools used in this domain Good communication and interpersonal skills Ability to work collaboratively in a geographically distributed team