Software Development Principal Engineer - MS Quan

To Design, develop and maintain MS Quan software as part of an agile delivery team in Waters GCC

Role specific:

1. Contribute to the development and maintenance of all aspects of the applications and services owned by the relevant team
2. Complete detailed designs and development of stories as directed by the technical lead to a high-quality standard
3. Collaborate with stakeholders, Product Owners and Technical Leads on software and technical issues.
4. Collaborate between and across teams to improve working practices and skill levels
5. Provide code and supporting documentation in accordance with our Software Development Processes and codes of practice.

Individual

1. Complete Quality System related actions in a timely manner according to procedures
2. Adhere to Environmental, Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Qualifications/Education required:

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

Experience required:

1.     Min 12 years of experience in an environment developing innovative customer solutions

2.     Extensive knowledge and proven experience as a software developer, with exposure to elements of our back-end technology stack (C#, .NET)

3.     Strong experience working on front end UI development with good knowledge of Angular current version.

4.     Experience working on LINQ and writing unit tests

5.     Proven experience completing detailed designs and development of stories – preferably using TDD.

Mandatory:

·     Experience using GitHub and GitHub Actions

·     Experience working with Selenium to implement automation test cases

·     Behavior Driven Development (BDD), with Gherkin & Spec Flow

·     Atlassian Jira, Confluence & JFrog Artifactory

·     Software security best practices and implementation (e.g. OWASP, PKI, X509 Certificates, TLS)

·     Software development for regulated environments (e.g. 21CFR11)

Aptitude/skills required:

6.     Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

7.     Excellent interpersonal skills.

8.     Proven ability to work as part of an agile delivery team

9.     Ability to analyze and solve complex problems.

10.  Demonstrable knowledge of software engineering practices such as unit testing, TDD, CI/CD, SOLID etc.

11.  Technically lead a development team, ability to resolve complex technical problem on own. 

12. Experience with scientific software development is good to have. Experience with LC/MS would be a bonus.

Authorities:

1. Can perform development tasks under an appropriate level of guidance.
2. Can review and electronically sign documents as required by development processes.

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.