Software Development Principal Engineer

Overview

We are seeking a Software Development Principal Engineer to contribute to the development and maintenance of our product, continuously grow technical expertise, and actively participate in agile team sprints to deliver high-quality software solutions.

Responsibilities

Role specific:

• Enhance and sustain a Windows-based client-server application, including development and maintenance of unit tests and, where applicable, automated UI tests.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect, design, document and implement quality solutions.
• Work independently and as part of a team with deep focus on hard technical problems and explain the why, how, and what, that makes your solution technically sound, provide constructive feedback regarding best practices, performance, and maintainability.
• Ensure code quality by using static and dynamic code analysis tools; generating, participating and offering relevant feedback on code reviews; identifying and eliminating technical debt; gather and analyze metric results.
• Lead refinement meetings to ensure stories are understood and decomposed adequately.
• Stay ahead of the curve with respect to new technologies and techniques with an eye towards continual improvement of both the team’s skill set and the product goals.
• Continuously improve and refine the build and deployment process.
• Develop and improve our monitoring and observability tooling.
• Empower and enable the delivery team by helping them help themselves.
• Actively participate in learning and sharing activities either during informal or formal training.
• Work with the team to harmonize process and practice where appropriate.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures and system requirements.

Individual:

• Maintain the effectiveness of the Quality system at the sites via adherence to applicable policies and procedures.
• Complete Quality System related actions in a timely manner according to procedures e.g. CAPA, NCR
• Adhere to Environmental, Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Qualifications/Education required:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (or equivalent) in science, computing engineering subjects.

Experience required:

• 14-16+ years of software development experience with strong expertise in Windows-based application development using C# and .NET technologies.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in the Life Sciences and Healthcare domain, with expertise in developing software applications that interface with and control hardware systems.
• Should have knowledge in C++.
• Experience designing, developing, leading technical discussions, mentoring engineering teams, and driving end-to-end product development.
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Design (OOD), Design Patterns and SOLID principles.Experience with TDD, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub, and secure coding practices.
• Experience in use of AI in code development
• Proven understanding and application of technical standards.
• Experience of working with a recognised quality system.

Aptitude skills:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to analyze, solve complex technical problems and to mentor others.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.