Senior Software Engineer

Key Skills

Algorithms, Data science techniques, Effective communication skills, Elasticsearch, GoLang, IT, Python Programming, Statistics

Job Description

As a software engineer in the Environmental Control group you will be responsible for building tools to collect logs and metrics from various hardware and software components of our quantum infrastructure; examples include making key data searchable, building endpoint monitoring into existing APIs, and maintaining the monitoring software stack across multiple enterprise networks. You will operate as part of a cross-functional team (IT, Physicists, Software Engineers, Data Scientists, Industrial Technicians, etc) and will often be the main link between otherwise disparate groups. This role is high-impact with high visibility, and the services you build and maintain will be an essential part of the function of the Advanced Test Systems team.

Essential Duties:

Build and maintain infrastructure for scraping logs, capturing metrics, enriching/processing data, and sending it to Elasticsearch

Profile and tune Elasticsearch deployment to maintain performance

Develop internal tools written in Python and Golang as well as various shell-scripting languages (batch, powershell, and bash)

Develop procedures and standards for archival and backup of data stores

Work with developers and end-users to build queries, dashboards, and reports to support business objectives

Work with data scientists and engineers to develop and implement anomaly detection routines and machine-learning algorithms

Maintain a high level of industry knowledge and best practices; stay abreast of new tooling options; provide recommendations for enhancing, upgrading, deprecating monitoring stack as appropriate

Required Skills:

• 7+ years of relevant software engineering experience. Experience with full-stack development in python is preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise with Elasticsearch ELK stack
• Familiarity with medium- to high-volume logging, syslog, and its associated services
• Experience writing shell scripts
• Solid understanding of core computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and computer architectures
• Basic familiarity with statistics and data science
• Strong communication skills; ability to write and maintain comprehensive, readable documentation

Special Requirements:

U.S. citizenship; active security clearance or ability to obtain one.

Compensation:

The base salary range for this full-time position is $132,765 - $165,983 + bonus + benefits.

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