Senior Backend R&D Engineer

 Requisition #: 16008 

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 SimAI platform is a SaaS AI-based technology that brings unprecedented speed, innovation and accessibility to simulation. It is based on proprietary Deep Learning algorithms at the forefront of AI state of the art. With Ansys SimAI, users can train AI models using simulation results and then can reliably predict the performance of complex problems in minutes instead of hours or days. It empowers users to take faster decisions, make faster iterations and ultimately faster innovation.

The Senior R&D engineer will contribute to the development of the core services of the SimAI SaaS platform. The Senior R&D engineer will use last-generation tools (python sync/async, elixir, rust, postgres). The Senior R&D engineer problem-solving skills will help us grow a platform with a particular load profile, that intelligently leverages a host of computing resources and mobilizes tens of TBs of data. To do this, The Senior backend engineer will collaborate with a team of experts who are, together, building the future of computer-assisted system design.

In our team, autonomy is key. The Senior R&D engineer will be tasked with end-to-end jobs from problem definition to implementation, that range from incremental improvements to far-ranging improvements in internal architecture. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Understand customer requirements 

• Design, implement, maintain and test backend services, including new parts of the product that follow R&D research effort 

• Perform bug qualification, release testing 

• Improve performance of backend services vs. database access patterns and schemas, yet keeping ease of coding and code discoverability top-notch 

• Ensure advanced observability and service composability 

• Modularize backend architecture using a balanced approach 

• Improve infrastructure resilience using load testing and staged service interruption methods

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 5 years’ experience, MS with 3 years’ experience, or PhD with 1-year experience 

• Software development experience, on open-source software or in a professional setting 

• Deep knowledge of databases, experience with multiple programming languages 

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Top-notch communication and interpersonal skills 

• Knowledge of, and taste for elegant software design 

• Familiar with long-running jobs, asynchronous architectures and communication 

• Familiar with message exchanges, queues and associated bottlenecks 

• Familiar with event-oriented architectures 

• Ample knowledge of database fundamentals (indexes, ORMs) and associated bottlenecks 

• Knowledge of scalable and clustered architectures 

• Familiar with data-intensive applications and data pipelines 

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

• Experience with Python, Postgres, RabbitMQ, Redis 

• Experience with Rust and Elixir is a plus 

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
• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions:

• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team
• We demonstrate mastery
• We deliver outstanding results

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 accept unsolicited 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.