Beamline Data Acquisition Software Engineer

NorthStarHR; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Pension plan

4 weeks vacation

Supplemental health & dental

Job summary

Canadian Light Source Inc. (CLSI) is seeking a Software Developer for the Data Acquisition team to design and implement a replacement data acquisition system for beamlines.

You will develop in-house systems with databases, messaging, and APIs to improve efficiency and data quality. You will collaborate with developers and end users, gather requirements, and contribute to automation pipelines while applying best practices in software design, testing, and deployment.

Qualifications

• The candidate must have a relevant undergraduate degree or diploma and a minimum of two years of relevant experience.
• Proven ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Actively develop frontend, device coordination, data pipelines, service communication, and API support for data acquisition.
• Understand dependencies between databases, tasks, messaging, logging, and caches.
• Design, implement, and maintain data acquisition software in a team setting.
• Coordinate with teammates, clients, and end-users to upgrade automation pipelines.
• Troubleshoot complex problems and determine root causes with staff support.
• Gather functional requirements with external stakeholders and translate to technical specs.

Skills

Frontend development

Data pipelines

API development

Device coordination

Service communication

Education

Undergraduate degree or diploma

Tools

EPICS

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

ZeroMQ

NATS

Git/GitHub

Job description

Canadian Light Source Inc. (CLSI) is seeking a Software Developer for the Data Acquisition team to design and implement a replacement data acquisition system for beamlines.

You will develop in-house systems with databases, messaging, and APIs to improve efficiency and data quality. You will collaborate with developers and end users, gather requirements, and contribute to automation pipelines while applying best practices in software design, testing, and deployment.