Staff Software Engineer

Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and ground-breaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you’ll help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

Location/Division Specific Information

Carlsbad, CA / Genetic Sciences Division

Discover Impactful Work:

You'll be part of the Global Service & Support (GSS) team's R&D group. Your work will be amplified by the 2000+ colleagues providing worldwide customer service, by making their jobs more enjoyable!

A Day In The Life:

• Work on a wide range of projects (both web and desktop apps) in a small startup-like team with global reach interacting with qPCR, DNA sequencers, flow cytometers and other hi-tech lab instruments.
• Tech stack includes JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Python, databases & cloud services. Your products will transform telemetry data into actionable insights and provide tools that enable our colleagues to deliver an outstanding service experience to our customers.
• As a senior member of the team, you'll advocate for best practices and influence/design processes to follow the trends in our craft. Your innovation will have significant impact on our future success, and we'll celebrate our achievements together.

Keys to Success:

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, Master’s degree is highly preferred

Experience

• 7+ years of commercial experience in software development
• Built multi-tier, scalable backends and single page frontends, but is also able to jump into data visualization frameworks like PowerBI
• Previous experience in testing, testability and test-driven development
• Experience with hardware-software codesign is a plus

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• You're a phenomenal teammate skilled in the relevant technologies (see above), embracing the Agile development methodologies
• You value simplicity and scalability in software architecture, design, and practices
• You're able to effectively document and communicate software design artifacts, willing to ask difficult questions, try new things, and greet challenge and change as opportunity.
• You don't get lost in somebody else’s code and know how to use the command line and shell scripts

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards