Software Development Principal

Waters Corporation is a global leader in analytical instruments, separations technologies, and software, serving the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences for over 65 years. Our Company helps ensure the efficacy of medicines, the safety of food and the purity of water, and the quality and sustainability of products used every day. In over 100 countries, our 7,600+ passionate employees collaborate with customers in laboratories, manufacturing sites, and hospitals to accelerate the benefits of pioneering science.

Software Development Principal

Overview

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

Responsibilities

• 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 epic 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 your delivery teammates by helping them help themselves.

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in a science related subject.
• Has at least 8 years related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Expertise in C++ and familiarity with modern C++ frameworks used in scientific or instrumentation software development
• Strong Object-Oriented Design (OOD) experience is a must.
  • Relational database experience is a must, Oracle is desired
  • C # experience is desired, but not required.
• Clear understanding and application of technical standards.
• Code design abilities including working to SOLID principles, design practices and some knowledge of engineering for performance.
• Ability to analyze and solve complex technical problems.
• Ability to work under minimal guidance.
• Ability to mentor others.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• English- minimum intermediate level B2 ( both written & spoken)

You will join our Informatics organization, which develops liquid chromatography instrumentation hardware and software in a dynamic and collaborative environment. In this role, you will be part of an agile team focused on building and maintaining our Empower data systems and data collaboration software.

Your main responsibility will be enhancing and sustaining a Windows-based client-server application. This includes development and updates of unit tests, and possibly automated UI tests, depending on experience. You’ll contribute to both new feature development and the enhancement of legacy systems, supporting complex software solutions that drive scientific innovation and operational efficiency within the Empower data systems platform.