Senior Algorithm Engineer — Data Analytics & Visualization

Jobtailor; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Santa Barbara, CA seeks a senior software engineer to design, implement, and deploy production algorithms turning diverse measurement data into robust insights. You will apply signal processing, ML, and computer vision techniques within a Windows-based product, delivering maintainable, tested software.

You will lead architectural decisions, collaborate across scientists, hardware, and software teams, and remain hands-on while guiding a small cross-functional group toward

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience developing production software, scientific algorithms, or data-analysis systems.
• 3+ years of hands-on Windows application development using C#/.NET/WPF and modern C++/STL.
• Strong foundation in at least two of: signal processing, image processing, numerical methods, statistical analysis, pattern recognition, computer vision, or machine learning.
• Demonstrated ability to implement algorithms in C++, C#, or Python and move them from exploration into tested production software.
• Experience defining quantitative validation methods and evaluating algorithm accuracy, robustness, performance, and failure modes using real-world data.
• Strong object-oriented design, API design, debugging, data-structure, and performance-optimization skills.
• Experience with multithreaded or asynchronous software and computationally intensive data processing.
• Demonstrated architecture ownership and technical leadership across algorithm, application, or product boundaries.
• Meaningful use of GitHub Copilot or comparable AI coding agents on production software; ready to discuss concrete examples.
• Ability to collaborate clearly with engineers and scientists, communicate complex technical ideas and risks, and lead technical work without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, validate, optimize, and deploy algorithms from diverse data into robust measurements.
• Develop production software using C++/STL, C#, .NET, WPF, and Python where appropriate.
• Apply signal processing, image processing, numerical methods, statistical analysis, pattern recognition, and machine learning to challenging real-world measurement problems.
• Translate research concepts and prototypes into maintainable, testable, high-performance product software with clear requirements and measurable performance.
• Build validation strategies using representative datasets, quantitative metrics, uncertainty analysis, and regression tests; communicate limits and tradeoffs.
• Integrate algorithms into multithreaded Windows applications and instrument workflows spanning data acquisition, hardware control, processing, persistence, visualization, and automation.
• Own architecture for new analysis capabilities and guide integration into a mature product codebase with sound interfaces and layering.
• Lead technical investigations and collaborate with applications scientists, systems, hardware, test, and software engineers throughout development.
• Remain hands-on while providing technical direction and raising software quality in a small cross-functional team.

Skills

C++ Application Development

C#/.NET/WPF Development

Signal Processing

Machine Learning

Technical Leadership

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Windows Applications

Data Acquisition Systems

Automation Tools

Job description

Jobtailor in Santa Barbara, CA seeks a senior software engineer to design, implement, and deploy production algorithms turning diverse measurement data into robust insights. You will apply signal processing, ML, and computer vision techniques within a Windows-based product, delivering maintainable, tested software.

You will lead architectural decisions, collaborate across scientists, hardware, and software teams, and remain hands-on while guiding a small cross-functional group toward