Lead R&D Engineer (Cloud Platform Developer), Remote - Canada

Ansys; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Lead R&D Engineer, where you will spearhead the design of innovative cloud simulation platforms. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with top engineers, develop strategic plans, and drive projects to completion while mentoring junior talent. You'll work in a dynamic environment that values diverse perspectives and fosters inclusion, allowing you to make a significant impact on the future of simulation technology. If you're passionate about pushing boundaries and delivering high-quality software solutions, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 8 years experience in software design or related field required.
• Experience in cloud-centric software and microservice patterns essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of cloud simulation platform components.
• Coordinate product design activities and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Cloud-centric software design

Microservice patterns

Java

Python

Go

Data structures and algorithms

Excellent communication skills

Mentoring junior developers

Education

BS in Engineering or Computer Science

MS in Engineering or Computer Science

PhD in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

GitHub Projects

Atlassian Jira

Microsoft ADO

Job description

Requisition #: 16049

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.

Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.

Summary / Role Purpose

The Lead R&D Engineer leads the design and development of key components comprising our next generation cloud simulation platform set to unlock a new breed of simulation opportunities. In this role, the Lead R&D Engineer will use expertise to develop strategic plans, refine requirements and provide technical leadership in achieving development objectives. The Lead R&D Engineer will collaborate with Principal+ engineers to deliver vetted designs and coordinate self and peer/junior engineers to deliver production-grade software.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads planning, architecture, or research at a project level.
• Coordinates product design and development activities requiring extensive analysis in areas such as user experience, software design and solver research. Acts as a technical reference within a group or product.
• Develops and employs best practices and maintains them through technical reviews and mentoring.
• Performs complex bug verification, release testing and beta support across multiple products. Research problems discovered by QA or product support and develops solutions, collaborating with the QA/support team.
• Researches and understands the marketing requirements for products, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues. May work with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and develop solutions.
• Operates without direct supervision and may function as a team leader, project manager, or software architect.
• May be responsible for line management of a small technical team but primary duties are of an individual technical nature.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 8 years’ experience, MS with 6 years’ experience, or PhD with 4 years’ experience.
• Significant commercial experience and proven production delivery in cloud-centric software design, microservice patterns, and development methodologies.
• Proven track record of crafting robust and efficient code.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Excellent technical knowledge and commercial experience with web/cloud development, aspect oriented programming, software configuration management, scripting languages, data structures and algorithms.
• Proven experience architecting and integrating complex software systems.
• Comprehensive commercial experience with Java, Python and/or Go.
• Experience leading projects and delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial software development environment.
• Experience using industry-standard Project Tracking software, such as GitHub Projects, Atlassian Jira, and/or Microsoft ADO across multi-sprint, multi-team member software delivery.
• Ability to translate business needs into development plans.
• Ability to overcome obstacles and drive projects to completion.
• Experience with one or more industry standard Cloud Service Providers, including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and their leading managed services.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and geographies, and to mentor junior developers.

INCLUSION IS AT OUR CORE
We believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes. We are committed to creating and nurturing a workplace that fuels this by welcoming people, no matter their background, identity, or experience, to a workplace where they are valued and where diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging thrive.