Software Engineer, Factory Integration Platform

SHI International Corp.; Piscataway Township (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SHI International Corp. is seeking a Software Engineer to build and maintain applications on our in-house platform that automates data center rack deployment and validation.

You will create operator web interfaces, backend services, and a robust pipeline engine to support hardware integration and QC workflows. You will collaborate with systems, network, and QC teams, mentor junior engineers, and help deliver reliable, observable software used by integration technicians and engineers on the

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on Python development building production applications, services, or tooling.
• Experience designing, building, and supporting REST APIs and web applications in production.
• Experience designing and maintaining relational database schemas and the associated data access layer.
• Experience deploying and supporting services on Linux in production.
• Experience integrating with external systems through APIs and device interfaces, including REST, SSH/CLI, or similar technologies.
• Experience writing automated tests and shipping through Git-based code review.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the operator-facing web application, including rack views, pipelines, dashboards, work orders, and approvals.
• Develop backend services and REST APIs in Python using FastAPI or similar technologies to expose inventory, device actions, and run status.
• Build and extend the pipeline/DAG engine, including stage ordering, retries, parallel fan-out across devices, run history, and resume-from-failure behavior.
• Build real-time features such as live run output, device status, and rack health using SSE or WebSockets.
• Develop and maintain CLI tools and a command router that dispatches actions by customer, device type, and OEM.
• Create reusable libraries and frameworks rather than one-off scripts, with clear module boundaries and per-page front-end separation.

Skills

Python development

REST APIs

Linux production

Git

Asynchronous programming

SQL/Databases

Docker/Kubernetes

API design

Testing

Security

Tools

Ansible

Paramiko/Netmiko

Kea DHCP

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

SHI International Corp. is seeking a Software Engineer to build and maintain applications on our in-house platform that automates data center rack deployment and validation.

You will create operator web interfaces, backend services, and a robust pipeline engine to support hardware integration and QC workflows. You will collaborate with systems, network, and QC teams, mentor junior engineers, and help deliver reliable, observable software used by integration technicians and engineers on the