R&D Engineer II (node.js)

ANSYS, Inc.; Canonsburg (Washington County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Software Developer focusing on cloud-based licensing solutions. You'll tackle complex issues, optimize data processing, and contribute to a growing user base. Ideal candidates have a background in engineering or computer science and experience with Node.js and RESTful APIs. This role offers opportunities for innovation and collaboration in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 2 years’ experience or MS in related field required.
• Strong computing skills and technical knowledge in API services.

Responsibilities

• Develop web/cloud-based licensing solutions.
• Perform defect analysis and support testing efforts.
• Participate in planning and architecture activities.

Skills

RESTful API

Node.js

Agile

OpenAPI

Kubernetes

Education

BS in Engineering

MS in Computer Science

Tools

TypeScript

Azure

Job description

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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.

Job Title: Software Developer Cloud Node.js

The Software Developer joins the Licensing team of the Release Management Unit and is responsible for the development of web/cloud-based licensing solutions, delivering the next iteration of world-class enterprise-grade licensing services. In this role, the Software Developer will use technical and problem-solving skills to help the team tackle complex issues, satisfy customer requirements, and accomplish development objectives to deliver business-critical services for a growing user base.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation, helping the world's most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, Ansys helps companies solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs development activities that may require research and analysis in areas including user experience, software design, and application use.

• Employs best practices for design and development and helps the team to maintain quality standards through contributions to technical reviews.

• Optimizes data storage and retrieval methods to ensure efficient processing of large datasets.

• Ensures classification of data according to required levels of access.

• Performs defect analysis, develops corrective solutions, and supports pre- and post-release testing and verification efforts.

• Contributes and maintains shared documentation of services and implementations.

• Investigates and corrects issues discovered by QA and customer support.

• Understands the marketing requirements for a product, including target environment, performance criteria, and competitive issues.

• Participates in planning, architecture, and research activities.

• Works under the supervision of a development manager and is responsible for the design and implementation of service enhancements.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 2 years’ experience or MS.

• Strong computing skills with demonstrated knowledge of RESTful API, API schemas, sustainable development practices, requirements and needs of maintaining business-critical services.

• Technical knowledge developing distributed API services written in TypeScript using the Node.js framework in an Agile development environment.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Excellent technical knowledge and commercial experience with OpenAPI, Azure, Node.js, and Kubernetes.

• Experience delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial organization

• Understanding of customer requirements and tools used in this domain

• Good communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to learn quickly and to collaborate with others in a geographically distributed team

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: our commitments to stakeholders, our values that guide how we work together, and our actions to deliver results. As ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement

Our Commitments:

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions
• Make our customers incredibly successful
• Act with integrity
• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values:

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what’s next
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions:

• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team

VALUES IN ACTION

Ansys is committed to powering the people who power human advancement. We believe in creating and nurturing a workplace that supports and welcomes people of all backgrounds; encouraging them to bring their talents and experience to a workplace where they are valued and can thrive.

Our culture is grounded in our four core values of adaptability, courage, generosity, and authenticity. Through our behaviors and actions, these values foster higher team performance and greater innovation for our customers.

We’re proud to offer programs, available to all employees, to further impact innovation and business outcomes, such as employee networks and learning communities that inform solutions for our globally minded customer base.

WELCOME WHAT’S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively, we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high — met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost. Ready to feel inspired? Check out some of our recent customer stories, here and here .

At Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics.

CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.).

For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Ansys does not acceptunsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.

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